Example sentences of "[vb pp] [v-ing] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can remember several policemen being reported missing at the police station where they were on duty . |
| 2 | I should have stopped looking at the pictures then , when past and present had clashed in my mind and made no meaning , but I went on . |
| 3 | It 's claimed as the hangar burned the two men were seen pointing at the flames and laughing . |
| 4 | She asked for the secretary and launched on a long story about phoning from a restaurant where a pair of leather gloves had been found apparently left by the lady with Mr Johnston whom one of the waiters had remembered seeing at the sports club . |
| 5 | This lack of exposure in itself must have the effect of limiting motivation : staff nurses are rarely found battering at the tutors ' doors for advice on how to develop their teaching skills , and some way of motivating them and making them see the importance of teaching must be found . |