Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [art] [noun] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Careful timing will also he required to ensure that the item is actually happening at the time it fits into the programme . |
| 3 | The blade needs replacing at the moment it is snatching at the grass . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ( i.e. From looking at the distribution it is possible to determine that setting a threshold score of 88 ( say ) would remove 30% of the target words from the lattice giving a lattice quality of Q70 ) |
| 7 | The mobile ALCAN unit would seem to be most mobile — looking at the background it would appear to be parked outside either Safeway or Gateway as there is a ‘ Y ’ and what appears to be part of an ‘ A ’ visible on the store front ! |
| 8 | When looking at the calendar it 's worth bearing in mind that there is usually a year 's grace between the death of the previous Phoenix King and the coronation of his successor . |
| 9 | Ah right oh no I 'm panicking at the fuss It 's just some joker walking round setting them all off ! |
| 10 | Difficult to see which way the wind is blowing at the moment it 's quite swirling . |
| 11 | So it would start the timing mechanism running at the moment it dropped it over the side . |