Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The NFU plan aims to offer the farmer a choice between setting land aside and receiving the full , subsidised rate for produce , or producing at maximum capacity without support . |
| 2 | If a stepping motor is used to change the position of a mechanical load by several steps the system designer needs to know how much torque the motor can produce whilst accelerating , decelerating or running at constant speed . |
| 3 | In which case are Upehull and Upsall related , the ‘ s ’ having been introduced by scribal error or misreading at some stage , or is the later form a name given to a family coming originally from Uppsala in Sweden ? |
| 4 | Effective teaching & learning at key stage 3 : teacher & pupil perspective |
| 5 | George Kidner came to me in a great state of mind because he has been asked to appear before a committee consisting of C. Bathurst , Peto & C. Mills & sitting at Central Office . |
| 6 | The action stage of ASAP has included many student projects , such as peer teaching with lower grade students , developing videos on their own communities , writing a rap song to play on a local radio station , or testifying at tribal council meetings . |
| 7 | Many of those at the foot of the scale , whose substance was equalled by that of superior labourers , must have occupied very small holdings , and had to eke out a livelihood with occasional labouring or working at some by-employment ; they have aptly been termed ‘ cottage farmers ’ . |
| 8 | They pecked at some dead creature on the moorland verge , squabbling over which of them should have it , wheeling and darting at each other like terrible shadows in the mist . |
| 9 | I picture in my mind the womb , small and malleable as the heart muscle , expanding and contracting at ludicrous speed . |
| 10 | Besides , living as she now was in a small house on top of two other people , and Dr Neil 's surgery boy , and seeing at close hand the wretched people who frequented his surgery , was giving her insights into the motivations and behaviour of the people around her because she had to consider them , whereas always before , in the past , other people had been compelled to consider her . |
| 11 | Everyone was beaming and weeping at this display , this proof of human richness . |
| 12 | Drums began pounding , and several seemingly frail old men launched into a frenzied war-dance , prancing and stabbing at each other with their kerises . |
| 13 | Looking back , he saw that the gang were pounding his fallen friend with lumps of concrete so he decided to help by jumping into his car and driving at full speed towards them . |
| 14 | I took off at speed with the flimsy boards flexing and bouncing at each stride . |
| 15 | Frozen foods are stored at — 18°C throughout distribution and there is no possibility of bacterial cells growing and multiplying at that temperature . |
| 16 | and looking at that programme always , only have to be , pretty engaging months and years , just the only job they back , they would and the nineteen ninety five might be what federal just |
| 17 | Rushing about the Rante , attached like Siamese twins by a synch-pulse cable , tripping over and swearing at each other , burying our heads for mysterious minutes in black film-changing bags , endlessly sticking our noses into other people 's business was a cause for considerable levity amongst the participants . |
| 18 | Lasting impressions so far : the sun ( miraculously ) shining on the slopes of Dalwhinnie , far in the north , on the first leg of the journey ; stumbling across Drew from the World Cup holiday in a motorway café somewhere in England in the middle of the night ; breakfast and mineral water with Claire ( oh , it was good to see her ) in an Italian cafe near London Victoria ; people throwing up all over the joint on the Seacat crossing to Boulogne ( and me staggering about , legs way out of control , on the deck , getting soaked by the spray , saltwater taste in the mouth , and a rainbow arcing on top of the water behind the catamaran ) ; complaining English and American tourist ( ‘ It 's ridiculous that we have to go through customs — why do we have to go through customs anyway ? … ) ; terrible fatigue on the train to Paris , and temperamental French men shouting and swearing at each other in the aisle ; relief at finding Angela 's flat in Paris ; difficult negotiation of the very narrow stairwell , finally finding her way at the top on the 6th floor ; food , and wine , and a shower , and a bed-settee for the night ; Japanese tourists at Notre Dame , and a man announcing his state of poverty and homelessness on the Métro — ‘ ‘ . |
| 19 | These people believe they are entitled to vent their frustrations by shouting , ranting , threatening and swearing at any person involved in a match because they pay their entrance money , and not suffer any reaction from the targetted individuals . |
| 20 | Bottlenose dolphins have a heart rate of 80–90 beats per minute just after ‘ blowing ’ , slowing within a few seconds to 33–45 beats per minute and remaining at that rate until the next blow . |
| 21 | They talked until the horses , squealing and nipping at each other , turned away to hurry purposefully across the field and stand afar , clouds of their breath plumed against the winter air . |
| 22 | Two goats will circle head to tail in a display of strength , tossing their heads and posturing and grunting at each other . |
| 23 | Not so , according to Alan Freedman and Christopher Tarling , who open Freedman and Tarling at this month . |
| 24 | Lorna 's income derives from buying at trade and selling at retail price . |
| 25 | They felt that after the war the government should take powers to control the volume of investment , and the resources of the economy should be centrally assessed and allocated with the aim of reaching and staying at full employment . |
| 26 | He was breathless and moving at high speed , but there was nothing agitated or uncontrolled about him . |
| 27 | The first race was off at two fifteen but on race day Cheltenham is up and running at first light . |
| 28 | Village Inn The new season is up and running at this venue with packed houses every Thursday night . |
| 29 | As the UN Security Council debated whether to intervene , most New Yorkers appeared to be knuckling down to what they do best : driving gratuitously badly and yelling at each other . |
| 30 | It 's not only a working instrument but the kind of guitar that you feel like picking up and playing at any time ; when it 's not wowing the punters it will probably spend its time lying on the sofa permanently on call . |