Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Did you see that one advertising triple glazing at the same time as his double would you believe ? |
| 32 | Alex James in the 1930s had not been averse to appearing at the odd night-club , but Best 's moves were tracked by a posse of desperate journalists as he went from bed to boutique , from discothèque to dressing-room . |
| 33 | Crazy Ibrahim bouncing off the walls , appearing at the Lebanese Embassy , and you apparently do n't give a damn . |
| 34 | A review by M.S.P. in the Cape Times ( 30 September 1944 ) of the University 's Junior Ballet appearing at the Little Theatre remarked on his ‘ debut in Cape Town ballet , and a very impressive one too ’ as Pierrot in St Valentine 's Night . |
| 35 | Well they 're appearing at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham tonight in concert , and then a week on Friday , November the twelfth they 're at the Ritz at Lincoln so welcome back . |
| 36 | ‘ Mornin' , ’ said Tom , appearing at the back door . |
| 37 | The different frequencies of light are what the human eye sees as different colors , with the lowest frequencies appearing at the red end of the spectrum and the highest frequencies at the blue end . |
| 38 | She has suffered poor health from time to time , but has fought back to establish a variety of activities in her retirement including stewarding at a National Trust property and giving practice interviews to pupils from Tiverton school . |
| 39 | However , landing at a natural rock jetty is possible in good conditions . |
| 40 | His plan was based on the marine lieutenant landing at the Old Quay slipway in the North Harbour and creating a diversion there , while Jones himself landed , undetected it was hoped , on the south foreshore , put the battery there out of action and then , passing round the town , knocked out the North Battery , before joining up with the other party to burn the shipping in both harbours . |
| 41 | Finubar departs for the Old World , landing at the Bretonnian port of L'Anguille . |
| 42 | Flat-footed water lilies balance at the far end , quivering at a sudden movement , a bird diving . |
| 43 | Knocking at the first door , he was greeted by a woman with a cigarette in her mouth , curlers in her hair and flour on her hands . |
| 44 | He was cut short by a loud knocking at the front door . |
| 45 | It was the third day after she had dressed , gone out , without wearing her underclothes , into her car , driving on the main road through Tadley , driving all the way to Kingsclere , knocking at the front door of the home of a woman who was almost a stranger , going into a house that she hardly knew . |
| 46 | Eastern Europe is knocking at the European Community 's door . |
| 47 | Herman , whom Erika had already been keeping at a safe distance from her feet , backed away . |
| 48 | Murder victims Julie Godwin , mother of a young child , and Elizabeth Over , both 30 , were holidaying at a remote bush camp close to the Mozambique border in Zululand . |
| 49 | Cultivation extends to about 600m , ending at a lower level on the colder north side of the island . |
| 50 | The ley starts from a wayside cross next to a crossroads , goes through Saintbury Church , noted for its pagan survivals , through a Bronze Age round barrow , a Neolithic long barrow sited in the middle of an Iron Age fort , through a Saxon pagan cemetery , and an eighteenth-century beacon tower , ending at an ancient farmstead , Seven Wells — which was the subject of a fictional book on witchcraft by Hugh Ross Williamson entitled The Silver Bowl . |
| 51 | It covers the upper part of the body and consists of bands of semicircular scales all pointing upwards , ending at the lower edge in a belt from which hangs a broad piece of pleated cloth . |
| 52 | ‘ She could write a little essay on any subject , exactly a slate long , beginning at the left-hand top of one side and ending at the right-hand bottom of the other , and the essay should be strictly according to rule . ’ |
| 53 | The practitioner travels in all directions , executing various movements , with the final technique ending at the very point where he began . |
| 54 | Too many little things are happening at the one time . |
| 55 | I think we need another war to get rid of the er get rid of some of the thing that 's happening at the present day . |
| 56 | Stay in touch with what is happening at the Grand Theatre — all the news on shows , performers and future plans . |
| 57 | So it promises to bridge the gap that still in fact exists in many if not most organizations between what happens at the local and individual level and what 's happening at the corporate level . |
| 58 | Tell the candidate what is happening at the next stage in the selection and/or the date when you will be letting people know your decision . |
| 59 | Classes help the actor to gain confidence in dealing with many things happening at the same time , and this is an important part of student work . |
| 60 | Edward Blishen , the presenter , has an enviable gift for sketching in background and perspective , drawing up different strands of what was happening at the same time to make his argument , all with ease . |