Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [art] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stood listening at the door as Gerald Hussey made a short speech of welcome ; then there were further exchanges in low voices which Sara could not make out . |
| 2 | Frogs and reptiles gather beside the exits snapping at the insects as they flock out on to the ramps . |
| 3 | The effect of such correction can , in some instances , be dramatic , as in the case of a child who , after receiving his first pair of spectacles , spent several evenings looking at the stars as it was the first time he had ever been able to see them . |
| 4 | One can therefore presume that he was not looking at the landscape as scenery but as habitat . |
| 5 | Another investigation , looking at the problem as it were from the opposite direction , compared adoptees selected for later estimates of their creativity and then examined incidences of mental illness . |
| 6 | I was looking at the garden as I came in , I thought I might have , even though I did n't know the number |
| 7 | The fact that different dowsers can get very different results on the same site can perhaps be explained as the interaction between their own energy field and the field of the site , so that the dowsing patterns found can only have true meaning by looking at the dowser as well . |
| 8 | He was still looking at the envelopes as they went into a sitting-room at the end of the passage . |
| 9 | looking at the interviewer as you speak to each other ; |
| 10 | Pascoe was still grinning at the story as he rang the doorbell of Arthur Evans 's house . |
| 11 | He glanced down at her , his dark eyes crinkling at the corners as he smiled in a way that made her heart turn a tiny somersault . |
| 12 | while confusion reigned at Aintree … they were celebrating at the County Ground as Swindon won again and complaining at the Manor as Oxford lost again … here 's the action |
| 13 | They 're not swimming around , yeah they 're staying at the top as well are n't they ? |
| 14 | I stop staring at the dancers as a French girl approaches . |
| 15 | I just sat there staring at the bag as it unscrewed itself and the wind took it and blew it up into the air and away . |
| 16 | Artai was staring at the table as he spoke . |
| 17 | I stood staring at the jeep as it bumped and swayed over the uneven ground of the orchard until it reached the road and then disappeared in a cloud of dust . |
| 18 | He came back and crouched by her side , staring at the garden as he spoke . |
| 19 | Sister nodded , glancing at the reports as she sorted them . |
| 20 | ‘ I learned a great deal from my visit to the museum this morning , ’ commented Melissa , glancing at the booklet as she spoke . |
| 21 | • Gulping at the surface as the gills become clogged by mucus |
| 22 | At first we could see nothing , our eyes hurting and smarting at the strain as well as the biting night air . |
| 23 | The very essence of the children 's hearing system is that a hearing , once it has jurisdiction in respect of a child , is empowered to examine the child 's entire social background in arriving at a decision as to disposal in the child 's best interests . |
| 24 | Charlie now found himself in front and began firing at the Germans as their heads popped up from behind the dug-outs . |
| 25 | Ian Ridley finds England 's Player of the Year straining at the leash as he gets in some practice against Sussex |
| 26 | Soon the Marines were pouring through , blazing at the enemy as they split into groups to head for the fuel tanks , the gas drums and other targets . |