Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gratefully Gina covered her nakedness , marvelling at the strange circumstances in which she found herself . |
| 2 | Walking through her kitchen and cutting gardens at break-neck speed , marvelling at the weedless beds , and pyramids of purple clematis , the imposing topiary ( ‘ Russell [ Page ] used to tell me , ‘ Let them get fluffy and fabulous ’ ’ ) , Mrs Guest is in full flood : ‘ Oh , those chipmunks are wrecking my garden , ’ she declares , straightening a single toppled plant in an acreage of formidable order , and tugging nimbly at a lone weed . |
| 3 | Passing the township , both brakes jammed on , I slither and judder down the newly regravelled surface , hoping for something to pass and pick me up , but also marvelling at the open splendour of the valley scenery which surprises me afresh every time I look . |
| 4 | On the back of Wall Street 's overnight strength , the FT-SE 100 cash index rose 33 points at the outset and , with the futures index opening at a hefty premium , looked poised to turn in a record-setting performance . |
| 5 | A loud banging at the front door stopped both of them in their tracks . |
| 6 | Still fuming at the insensitive arrogance of the man she turned and left the office . |
| 7 | A faint smile crossed Lancaster 's face , as though he was laughing at a cruel joke in dubious taste . |
| 8 | Everybody reacted as one , condemning this nonsense and laughing at the bare-faced cheek of it . |
| 9 | She could see her father , foolish in his pride , and the rich gentleman of her mother 's imagination laughing at the poor Durbeyfield family . |
| 10 | Was he laughing at the absurd idea of being an old fogey ? |
| 11 | The two girls totter to the lavatory door , laughing at the funniest thing they 've seen since Grandma sat on her chihuahua . |
| 12 | The sky clears in the childbirth sequence because of Shatov 's sublime murmurings about the arrival of a new human being , but also because the midwife has her sleeves rolled up , because she is attacking a difficult and strenuous professional job , organizing essentials , masterminding the whole exercise , scolding Marie Shatov who allowed Shatov to get between her and the family in which she was a governess ‘ with the egotistical object of marrying you , laughing at the distraught husband on his knees unable either to bear the sound or block his ears before the birth ; and when all is tidied up , ‘ after some pleasant–es about ‘ the happy couple' ’ which were not without a touch of contempt and superciliousness , she went away as well satisfied as before . ’ |
| 13 | They sat on the sofa and watched The Two Ronnies , laughing at the same jokes . |
| 14 | Israel and I were both on our knees , side by side , with tears streaming down our faces , yet laughing at the same time . |
| 15 | He was crying and laughing at the same time . |
| 16 | For here his father was , sitting down beside him , hugging and kissing him , taking his hand again and laughing at the silly terrors his little game had aroused in his son . |
| 17 | When he shows a film or summat his room 's like a little cinema — you know , people sitting round watching the telly in the dark , and smoking and laughing at the funny bits and that . |
| 18 | Crazy funnyman Freddie Starr , one of Butlin 's most popular Holiday World entertainers , will keep you laughing at the big star weekend , Friday , October 30 , to Monday , November 2 . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're very kind , ’ said Conway , laughing at the old man . |
| 20 | In the 1980s local decentralization has been occurring at a slower pace than in the previous decade and in some cases appears to have gone into reverse . |
| 21 | General ‘ political economy ’ explanations must be correct in locating such developments within complex shifts in the production process , industrial infrastructure , and labour force requirements occurring at a particular stage of advanced industrialization — though much work needs to be done to define these shifts more precisely . |
| 22 | An electric shock US , for instance , is an event occurring at a particular time , with a certain duration and intensity , that impinges on a particular part of the animal , and so on . |
| 23 | All of the world 's savannas have been affected by human activity and , as Table 7.2 shows , deforestation is occurring at a rapid rate due to agricultural development and fuelwood collection . |
| 24 | It was clear from the work done then that , even after a full year , major changes in unemployment , self-employment , and employment taken up and ended within the group , were still occurring at a high rate . |
| 25 | The method of carbon dating is based on the assumption that these two reactions have been occurring at a constant rate for the past 15000 years . |
| 26 | Like Hutton in bygone times , Stewart seemed galvanised by the disasters occurring at the other end , but was never either intimidated into strokelessness or tempted into a reckless rescue bid , for such an endeavour against this bowling would have been futile . |
| 27 | Changes in proposed greenbelt boundaries affecting a given area , and occurring at the consultative draft stage of local plans and or pre-map stage and the formal deposit of those plans , and or between the deposit copies and proposals subsequently issued by county and local planning authorities by way of desired changes to deposit copies , militate against , and may totally inhibit in relation to that area , emergence within the meaning of the national doctrine most recently propagated in paragraph er within erm paragraph thirty two of the revised version of P P G number One . |
| 28 | It is important to realize then that our symptoms , produced in response to stress , are not solely based upon the stress occurring at the given time , but upon all the stress accumulated in our stress glass over time . |
| 29 | This is occurring at the same time as the Commission is using the single market as an excuse to augment its power for political means . |
| 30 | Frequently it is found that an accident is the result of a combination of adverse circumstances , each of which is normally containable but when occurring at the same time can lead to disaster . |