Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [art] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They marched past it , back and forth , marvelling at the way they were drawn towards it . |
| 2 | Their behaviour was at times appalling ; when little they would spend long stretches of each class on the floor behind the benches , playing with bits of mercury , pricking it with needles and pen nibs , watching it slip into the coarse splintery cracks of the dusty floorboards , and forcing it out again , marvelling at the way it shrugged the dirt off its rounded shoulders . |
| 3 | At 5.45 Lydia walked down the path to the car , marvelling at the power which people like Betty could wield merely by threatening to sulk . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'll fall by the wayside , ’ said Hugh , laughing at a vehemence he could well understand . |
| 5 | The sort of rebounding abuse , the trickster tricked , the reader ( ironically ) laughing at an image he does not realize is his own , that she describes , is indeed a pattern that is found in some fabliaux . |
| 6 | Careful timing will also he required to ensure that the item is actually happening at the time it fits into the programme . |
| 7 | Silas and Matt then set up the barbecue , and Lucy was able to open the two food hampers , her eyes widening at the variety they contained . |
| 8 | ‘ One of them was so desperate to stop me overtaking at the ford he lost his footing and fell backwards into the water . ’ |
| 9 | Ashley was frowning at the flames which had begun to dart around his feet when two other drivers appeared , grabbed hold of an arm apiece and forcibly dragged him away . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's nothing , ’ he said , frowning at the blood he saw on his fingers . |
| 11 | Joolz was cautioned by the police for swearing at a heckler who swore at her . |
| 12 | Okay well er I I figure that there must be quite a number of er extraterrestrials around around North Yorkshire and I thought it would be quite nice actually if er if there are any extraterrestrials listening at the moment they could ring in and we could have a chat . |
| 13 | The blade needs replacing at the moment it is snatching at the grass . |
| 14 | Pausing at the door he turned once more and extended the middle finger of his right hand towards the bed . |
| 15 | Arghatun was shouting at the warriors who were grouped around the clearing , and twenty or so ran at once to one of the carts and pulled out a mass of folded fabric . |
| 16 | He could be looking at a device which at any moment could be activated by a radio-operated switch . |
| 17 | You are looking at a woman who has survived Europe , South America and East Africa — entirely without a maid . |
| 18 | We were looking at a plant which was a little like cow parsley but smaller , its leaves more feathery . |
| 19 | We will illustrate fourth normal form by looking at a relation which is in first normal form and which contains information about modules , lecturers and text books . |
| 20 | Sometimes there are the most startling surprises when we come to realise how someone else is looking at a situation which , to us , could only be perceived in one way . |
| 21 | Are you talking about the current rate as it prevails or we 're told it prevails ion North Yorkshire , or are you looking at a figure which is somewhat nearer the national average or the figure which Mr 's organization have chosen . |
| 22 | Drawing it out , she found herself looking at a face which was striking both for its good looks and its expression of surprise . |
| 23 | Only it was so hard to do that , especially when she began looking at the sketches she had made at Kenilworth . |
| 24 | She said most of it was it was n't the actual looking at the hole it was that she was hurting him pushing it in . |
| 25 | As the charity Oxfam moves into its fiftieth year , Central News South has been looking at the work it does away from the headlines of war and natural disaster . |
| 26 | Looking at the railways I would n't go anywhere near the station though I might oh hang on I mean what does that all mean ? |
| 27 | Rory worked out she was looking at the door he was crouched behind . |
| 28 | The whole of the way through that he was looking at the person he was trying to im not staring at them , but good eye contact , so if you 're trying to influence somebody there 's no point in looking somewhere else . |
| 29 | Without even looking at the posters which now covered the walls , hiding the crayoned pictures . |
| 30 | I sat in a corner looking at the Dutchmen who smiled surreptitiously from the platform . |