Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [adj] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You control the spaceship on the screen blasting at alien craft for all your worth . |
| 2 | Sarah 's one of more than 80 women and children living at this refuge for victims of domestic violence . |
| 3 | I sat looking at that light for almost two hours , by which time I was desperate . |
| 4 | Treasury officials will also be looking at slapping Vat for the first time on bus fares , water , domestic fuel , books and newspapers . |
| 5 | Hazel and Blackberry , after looking at each other for a moment , caught him up and went beside him . |
| 6 | We stood looking at each other for a long moment ; then he walked slowly up to me . |
| 7 | My other half ordered from a catalogue disc drives to assemble compu , er a home computer and he was looking very carefully cos computer parts can be quite expensive and he was looking at national catalogue for the best prices . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't mind them celebrating Christmas but it 's insensitive to keep it going at that level for that long . |
| 9 | Now what was he going at that speed for ? |
| 10 | It sounds obvious , but many people waste heat and money by leaving individual appliances or central heating systems going at full blast for hours , achieving temperatures way beyond what is necessary . |
| 11 | ’ Such doubts vary in intensity but bear united witness to a complacence or a disgruntled grumbling at any need for God and for his handling of our affairs . |
| 12 | The government favours using these new tests as a replacement for the current methods of testing at that age for admission to grammar secondary schools ( which emphasise verbal reasoning rather than attainment ) . |
| 13 | After all , the Central Council of Physical Recreation — of which the Duke is president — and the Sports Council , the two most powerful bodies in British sport , have been sniping at each other for years . |
| 14 | When this happens the rest of the school , who along the way have trained with the successful runner , may have beaten him on occasion , have been course markers , marshals , timekeepers , supporters and team-mates , really feel that sport is n't just another soap opera glimpsed on television or paraded through the back pages of the newspapers — it 's something that they are actively experiencing at first hand for themselves . |
| 15 | The plotting room was suddenly silent and the flag was flying at half mast for all to see on the garrison church at Moascar , Ismailia . |
| 16 | In 2001 Kubrick was aiming at state-of-the-art realism for most of the film ; then he launched off into slightly obscure fantasy in the fourth and last section , ‘ Jupiter and Beyond Infinity ’ . |
| 17 | We must have stood , the three of us , staring at each other for nearly half a minute . |
| 18 | The only breeding ground which is infertile is one running at high stress for achievement , tightly mapped and with the maximum openness . |
| 19 | James , Alice and Alfred hurried in guiltily a few minutes later , glaring at each other for being thrust into proximity , the former carrying bread and milk for dinner , and the latter clutching a treasure trove of samphire as a peace offering . |
| 20 | She was studying at public school for her ‘ O ’ levels , and had a clear idea of which university she would go to and what she would study there . |
| 21 | Fabian is studying at secondary school for the abitur or school-leaving certificate ( equivalent to English A-levels ) , and also learning to be a construction worker . |