Example sentences of "[v-ing] at the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two girls totter to the lavatory door , laughing at the funniest thing they 've seen since Grandma sat on her chihuahua . |
| 2 | I mean one day , I mean I was in a customer care meeting for three hours on Monday , so obviously I lost some there , but you know , that particular day I was on a , just on the phone personally on my B M S for just over three hours , and just looking at the other things that I had to deal with . |
| 3 | In 1946 in Milan , Werner met a young woman who was looking at the same things as he was . |
| 4 | So contrasting is it that one may wonder whether its adherents are looking at the same thing at all : ‘ As the eighties unfold , humanity faces a worldwide shortage of productive cropland , acute land hunger in many countries , escalating prices for farmland almost everywhere … ’ |
| 5 | For example , if the adult holds an object , such as a doll , in the child 's line of gaze , the child is likely to look at the object and then immediately glance at the adult 's face to check that they are looking at the same thing . |
| 6 | To believe the gospel , respond to Jesus or receive the Spirit are three ways of looking at the same thing ( 2 Cor. 11:4 ) . |
| 7 | But looking at the whole thing from a higher perspective , it seems to me that the Leeds management may be thinking that we are not going to win the championship this season or at least they are prepared to wait another year to have a go . |
| 8 | I do n't suppose old Pope Leo the Tenth sat around gazing at the latest thing he 'd just commissioned from Michelangelo , for instance . |