Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] at [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For most Southern advertisers and agencies , however , 1993 will be a year of hanging on at any cost . |
| 2 | Tess seemed like a queen to Clare , perhaps because he knew that she was the most beautiful woman walking about at this time of day . |
| 3 | ‘ I stood beside the drill and kept looking up at this line we had just made ; and it was like a gun-barrel . |
| 4 | I can see part of Horse Guards Parade almost see myself standing there the other afternoon , looking up at these windows , still ignorant of what I was looking at . |
| 5 | But she thought , looking back at that pewter sky and narrow saffron afterglow as the Aston Martin purred into life and shot away at speed : Yes , individuals do ! |
| 6 | Looking back at that period , the crucial difference in Conservative politicians was between those who thought that the last twenty or thirty years had not been too bad , and who were sceptical that anything better could be achieved , and those who hoped that something better could be won and saw the last quarter of a century as a slow but steady decline . |
| 7 | Looking back at those debates on how we could fill in the time on our hands , the novelist Herbert Gold reflected that the Fifties were a time of ‘ happy people with happy problems ’ . |
| 8 | I 'm sure our successors will be looking back at those acquisitions as good ones ! |
| 9 | Looking back at this time , Nigel was surprisingly patient , but he was worried that , if he did n't improve , he 'd be unable to help with the move as almost any movement of his right arm increased his suffering . |
| 10 | Looking back at this morning — any early mist patches soon cleared and although it was a dry staert everywhere , it has remained cloudy . |
| 11 | ( The fact that a huge lorry was passing by at that time must have been coincidental , I 'm sure . ) |
| 12 | The pupils all began looking round at each other and Mildred knew there was little time before someone recognized her . |
| 13 | But they were n't totally happy — for it was confirmed that the interrogation of the prisoner — going on at that moment — would reveal where the stuff had gone . |
| 14 | If an organiser does not co-ordinate and monitor and know exactly what 's going on at each stage , then ultimately he has only himself to blame if something goes wrong . |
| 15 | knows what is going on at all times within the department ; |
| 16 | Pooling of clients and vendors is envisaged : ‘ Both parties should know what 's going on at both ends ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ Things are going on at this school , ’ went on Dr Ali , in a whisper , ‘ of which it is difficult for a good Muslim to approve . ’ |
| 18 | and he said you know , he said they have n't been turning up at that chapel for them , when they 've preaching but you did n't crack on they knew anything about that but he just sort of said said no you know remain non-committal . |
| 19 | Quite a gesture , turning up at this hour . |
| 20 | Pinned above Beth 's bed , next to the card proclaiming her to be a spiritualist , was a photograph of a male dancer from the newly formed Royal Ballet , and I came in one day soon after I arrived at Huntingdon to find a knot of giggling girls peering up at this dancer , who was poised on one foot , wearing an agonised expression and very tight tights . |
| 21 | But pulling out at that moment automatically yields failure . |
| 22 | Within weeks , the directors in charge of the dealing room were instructing dealers to prevent clients from selling out at all costs . |
| 23 | The salesmen at one licensed dealer generally managed to persuade such clients to stay in their shares on grounds that the share price was perpetually due to move up , so they could avoid the losses they would incur through selling out at that moment . |
| 24 | He looked wild-eyed , and his hair was sticking up at all angles . |
| 25 | I kept making the point on Saturday here at Lane Martin , that I did n't think that erm we 'd had the last of the goals as they kept er popping in at both ends , and I 'm sure though we 've had three with a little over half an hour played here , we have n't seen the last of the goals here either . |
| 26 | Now 31 , Foster is fortunate to be playing cricket at all after several knee operations , the most recent of which forced him to miss a slice of last season and the start of The possibility of his breaking down at any time can not be ignored and neither can his undistinguished international record at Lord 's . |
| 27 | Slowing down at all corners and giving way to pedestrians . |
| 28 | Not to exaggerate the cat 's breeding abilities , it must be recorded that from the age of eight until twelve years there is a gradual decline in the number of kittens produced in each litter , so the reproductive apparatus is beginning to show signs of slowing down at this stage , and only the strongest and healthiest of moggies can stay the full course . |
| 29 | It is thought that British Midland considered the City Airport some time ago , but decided against moving in at that stage . |
| 30 | I 'll make the point again Martin that just as on Saturday when goals were flying in at both ends and eventually it finished three two , I kept saying do n't believe the scoring is all over in this game , that 's my feeling now . |