Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] at [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time he came off to a huge ovation , Essex were dawdling along at 99-3 off 36 overs . |
| 2 | He raised his voice , looking up at one of the security cameras . |
| 3 | But before it does , the Daily Mirror , along with Carry On creators Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas , has been looking back at some of the funniest moments ever to be played out on the big screen . |
| 4 | Before we go a word about tomorrow night 's programme when we 'll be looking back at some of the highlights from the first ten years of Central News . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , last year 's president , Alan Wilcox , Richmond 's Town Clerk , is putting together a bumper centenary brochure looking back at some of the highlights . |
| 6 | Tony gave me his thoughts on the situation — about how pleased he was to be wandering around at four in the morning , in the pitch black , in deep snow , in the cold , in the wind . |
| 7 | she 's going over at half past eleven and she said to me if it 's not worth the money I 'm not changing and er , I shall tell him that I 've certainly got to go on the books you know |
| 8 | It begins with Septimus Honeydew waking up at three in the morning and trotting off to Mum and Dad 's room . |
| 9 | I was in the car park and er , I got back into the car and , with Mrs , the phone rang and it was erm Mr , he was going out at half past three . |
| 10 | ‘ Going round at dead of night , eavesdropping on people 's conversations . |
| 11 | Getting in at ten to four . |
| 12 | He also recalled as an eight-year-old , 18 years ago , getting up at five in the morning to watch the event on television at his home in Sunshine , Victoria . |
| 13 | Ruth was standing by the window , isolated by intention , gazing out at one of the seven bridges built for access to the Seville Expo site . |
| 14 | In September he startled Italians by lashing out at one of Sicily 's most popular fighters against the Mafia , Leoluca Orlando , an ex-mayor of Palermo , who was guilty in Mr Cossiga 's mind of damaging the Christian Democratic Party . |
| 15 | On the trains everything 's okay , there 's a late flight at the airport , flight L O G nine seven three from Guernsey , now coming in at five past two , so if you 're rushing to meet that , there 's no need cos it 's not in for another twenty minutes , flight L O G nine seven three from Guernsey now due in at five past two . |
| 16 | The time , twenty one minutes past twelve and it 's erm the lunch time phone in with me John Simpson through till one o'clock , do n't forget we 've got the latest news headlines coming up at half past twelve , and if you want to join in the phone in you can now , Oxford three double one , one double one , the lines are open , there are lines free , so if you want to ring in . |
| 17 | Yeah , the catholic are coming out at half past nine are n't they . |
| 18 | Mm , yeah but I was coming out at half past nine |
| 19 | I 've got Len coming round at half past twelve |
| 20 | ‘ He does n't know your true station , remember , ’ interposed Ellen , lowering her voice and glancing over at one of the tables , where her parent was enjoying a tankard of his own home-brew . |
| 21 | Last of the pair to depart was RF32 , taking off at 0900 on October 15 , 1956 . |
| 22 | Horrified , she was glancing up at one of the windows above the porch and what she saw blanched what little remaining colour she had from her face . |
| 23 | Damian said , glancing up at one of the balcony cafés . |
| 24 | David Cordery , operations manager for Oxford , told The Bookseller that the robbery happened at about 5.30 p.m. when two staff were cashing up at one of the shop 's three tills . |
| 25 | I were tidying up at half past six this morning . |
| 26 | Glancing round at those in the room , he gave a weary sigh . |
| 27 | Physical decay is setting in at 38 for Duran and 33 for Leonard , yet in the most hazardous of sports they persist , in the fashion of the times , in trying to defy the ageing process . |
| 28 | He congratulates himself on not fainting or throwing up at any of this and drinks heavily for the rest of the evening . |
| 29 | So I said , well , we 'll have to start packing up at half past four because we got cement mixer to clean and all the |
| 30 | I remembered something Zaria had said about clocking on at eight in the morning and eight-to-four seemed a reasonable working day . |