Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.

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1 The first are the rich and well-born , the other the mass of the people " , Hamilton was reported as saying at the Federal Convention in 1787 .
2 This type of debate can only be resolved when looking at the functions in some detail .
3 The possible implications of this development are best considered when looking at the more general direction which the control on discretion is , and should be , taking .
4 However , it was said that looking at the employee 's base was not the be-all and end-all .
5 He looked at her derisively and left her to it , drinking the coffee he had made and sitting at the table .
6 An anomaly will be regarded as particularly serious if it is seen as striking at the very fundamentals of a paradigm and yet persistently resists attempts by the members of the normal scientific community to remove it .
7 Children are assessed while staying at the Institute for up to four weeks ( this may be extended in some cases ) .
8 For a moment , the Doctor toyed lightly with the simularity crystal he had found while looking at the blood on the floor .
9 Seven years after the Americans bombed Libya , a veteran peace campaigner has been arrested while protesting at the airbase used for the raid .
10 Louis , a sportsman and only child , was struck while jogging at the edge of the road .
11 Louis , an all-round sportsman and only child , was struck while jogging at the edge of the road on 13 July .
12 Thus , where rent is payable quarterly in advance on the usual quarter days a term of " seven years from 25 March " will be construed as beginning at the first moment of 25 March , so that the first payment of rent will fall due on the first day of the term and the last payment of rent would be made in respect of a complete quarter , which ends at the last moment of the term .
13 Some aspects of the nature of the site have already been discussed when looking at the effect of the building regulations .
14 Second , as regards durability , the goods should last for a reasonable time and any breach should be regarded as occurring at the time of supply rather than when the lack of durability became apparent .
15 Gains or losses from this notional disposal are treated as accruing at the time of the intra-group transfer .
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