Example sentences of "[v-ing] at the [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her high-pitched voice , rapid speech and stabbing at the telephone betrayed her lack of balance and control . |
| 2 | Others living at the house said they were waiting to be reunited with Marita and her Mr Loren to find out exactly what happened . |
| 3 | The first was the architecture , looking at the materials used , building design , structure and pattern . |
| 4 | It may be worth looking at the pair made up of Phi¹ ; ( 3.6 ) which is orange , and Phi² ; ( 4.5 ) which is white . |
| 5 | Absolutely , absolutely , you 're looking at the sum assured that the client has got , being supported by the fund . |
| 6 | When she came in she stood looking at the figure stretched out on the floor . |
| 7 | A woman who had been looking at the screen turned to him and said , " I saw one , round at my daughter 's . |
| 8 | I phoned seven companies at the end of September and not one of them was selling at the price advertised . |
| 9 | The families and friends waiting at the airport saw the plane break from a cloud at about 700 feet and make its final descent . |
| 10 | As one policewoman in the unit explained , ‘ You 're only getting at the problem left behind after the crime has been committed . ’ |
| 11 | Concealment for the purpose of getting at the truth received encouragement from the courts in their refusal . |
| 12 | Pushing the hair from her eyes , she sat up , staring at the man crouched down beside the fire . |
| 13 | Virginia gave a cry , but Andrew was staring at the child hypnotised . |
| 14 | On April 3 mass demonstrations protesting at the killings took place throughout the Kathmandu area . |
| 15 | Tenants ' association club on the Sparrow Farm estate … it is alleged that people who had been drinking at the club attacked the family in the off-licence opposite PHOTOGRAPHS : KENNETH SAUNDERS Bitter questions of racial violence Ramesh K and his family were hounded out of their Feltham off-licence by 18 months of abuse and attacks , during which time they became pawns in a battle between the local council , the police and two rival race relations bodies . |
| 16 | The woman sitting at the table made no attempt to help him . |
| 17 | Emergency teams arriving at the scene found a woman 's body 40 yards from the crossing , at the foot of the embankment . |
| 18 | When he realised that arriving at The Bar meant he was still only just at the start of his wanderings or journey , he ached some nights to be told that he need go no farther than this . |
| 19 | On arriving at the flat did you speak to Mr ? |
| 20 | He said children playing at the scene had been warned to stay away from the posts until they had been set in concrete . |
| 21 | A security man working at the centre said the injured man told him one of the gunmen put a sub-machine gun to his head , but that it had failed to go off . |