Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have seen too many offenders laughing at the courts for their weaknesses , too many malcontents exploiting the absence or inadequacy of the law , and too many criminals making the cool assessment that the risk of detection is well worth taking . |
| 2 | All over the City , people were killing each other , having torrid affairs in seedy motel rooms , stealing bodies from the morgue , working late on revolutionary inventions , hiding out from the cops , waiting for the locksmith , running numbers , rock ‘ n ’ rolling at the high-school hop , praying at the bedsides of white-haired mothers , looking for the uranium in the wine cellar , describing their dreams to sage psychoanalysts , rehearsing for the big show , escaping across the rooftops . |
| 3 | When he appeared before the magistrate at lowly Clerkenwell , charged with ‘ willfully ringing several door bells and knocking at the doors in Upper Street , Islington , without lawful excuse ’ it was said that this kind of mischief — like the Cremorne Gardens affray — was a ‘ frequent occurrence ’ . |
| 4 | Four key stages in a child 's education are defined , ending at the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 . |
| 5 | She saw his glance go over her , ending at the tips of her sensible shoes , and wondered if she was in for some punishing ten-mile hike . |
| 6 | The centre of the action is the Castle , and you do n't want the adventurers dying at the hands of a bunch of miserable Orcs before they get there ! |
| 7 | The ultimate obsessional tragedy , of course , was John Lennon dying at the hands of superfan Mark Chapman outside his New York apartment building . |
| 8 | The signs of iron deficiency are a sore tongue , recurrent mouth ulcers , cracking at the corners of the mouth , flattening of the normal curve of the finger or thumb nails , and a pale complexion due to anaemia . |
| 9 | They include redness or greasiness at the side of the nose , cracking at the corners of the eyes , or at the corners of the mouth , a sore tongue , recurrent mouth ulcers , and cracking or peeling of the lips . |
| 10 | Finally , in a triumphant climax , bursting forth strong and unforgettable , exploding from his mind into reality , in THX sound , blasting at the acoustics of every concert hall in the world . |
| 11 | ‘ I owe you an apology , ’ Donna said , pushing her plate away and dabbing at the corners of her mouth with a napkin . |
| 12 | The extra time and support that are necessary ( a ) to perform jobs that are pressing at the limits of personal and material resources , and ( b ) to invest in learning how to do them better , or to assemble additional resources , so that the time taken to perform them is reduced , are not available . |
| 13 | She pounded on the masonry with her fist and then , after tearing at the fastenings round her right foot , with the heel of her boot . |
| 14 | Through winter , spring , summer and fall the mood will change from swollen aggressor tearing at the banks to placid waters rustling the rushes and swaying the weed . |
| 15 | Haavikko looked from one to the other , then , smiling fiercely at him , tears brimming at the corners of his eyes , he reached out and took Karr 's hand . |
| 16 | Susan was on the ground , patting at the patches of fire on her suit . |
| 17 | She held on to her mother , clawing at the lapels of her coat . |
| 18 | Both authors appear to belittle the great range of plants that were living at the times of their animals and the ways in which these plants were constantly evolving and migrating . |
| 19 | And the idea of nibbling at the perks of city employees earning ( on average ) under $10,000 a year , while millions are made on Wall Street , plays poorly on the hustings . |
| 20 | Furthermore , the lawyer can only respond to knowledge that has already been established ; he has little scientific imagination , especially when it comes to pushing at the frontiers of advancing aerodynamics or similar matters . |
| 21 | Amy was picking at the letters of the typewriter which had a persistent tendency to stick . |
| 22 | She looks down at the figure slumped in the chair , sees the skull under the frail skin which hangs loosely from the bone , at once tight and yet with too much of it , the bony fingers picking at the fringes of the rug . |
| 23 | I sat , bored , at a corner of the heavy wood table , picking at the pages of a book . |
| 24 | She escaped to her own room and sat down on the bed , huddling in her damp raincoat and picking at the stitches of the band on her arm . |
| 25 | Gregson held his stare for a moment , a smile forming at the corners of his own mouth . |
| 26 | Faye 's going to be a difficult patient , frankly , and she 's fussy about who she 'll have — ’ He broke off and smiled suddenly , his mouth wryly crooked and some small , fine wrinkles forming at the corners of his fathomless blue eyes . |
| 27 | Hunting dogs in Africa and wolves in North America also hunt in teams , snapping at the heels of an antelope or a moose , one taking over from the other until their victim is so exhausted that they can get a grip on it with their teeth and pull it down . |
| 28 | Keeping him from snapping at the heels of Normandy is bad enough . ’ |
| 29 | That purchase added around 3 percentage points to its share of the liquid milk market , taking it to 16 per cent , where it is now snapping at the heels of the second-largest operator , Dairy Crest , the marketing subsidiary of the MMB , which claims a market share of around 17 per cent . |
| 30 | One moment he was shouting at the boys in the dorm to keep quiet , the next thing he was in the bathroom retching , then out on the landing , heaving and crying out . |