Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyes were wide with sworls of silver and blue brighter than looking at the sun at its zenith in the longest day of summer . |
| 2 | Rather than looking at the proposal we decided that it was so that 's what we did really and that 's why , if you have a look down there right , so all we 're doing then we 're working through the resources and allocating them room numbers erm and then when that 's done so that 's what we did for each of the little rooms . |
| 3 | I do not know what the hon. Gentleman means , but I regret that , as ever — and typically of Labour Members — the hon. Gentleman seems to glory in gloom and despondency in identifying the more negative aspects of things , rather than looking at the positive . |
| 4 | It 's something very close to what I 'm saying erm and erm I 'm saying perhaps one thing in addition , which is that just as when we look into the future , which , as a historian , I 'm asked to do more often , I think , these days than looking at the past , but when we look into the future , we have different versions of what that future will be . |
| 5 | The emergence of Gestalt ‘ wholes ’ ( Bruce and Green , 1985 ) or the application of Gestalt principles , as in David Marr 's work on computer vision ( Marr , 1982 ) , illustrate the kinds of matchings of similar elements which , although operating at a level of pre-awareness , nevertheless result in a conscious recognition of an image 's identity . |
| 6 | It 's probably no more pleasant than living at the centre of some large , dirty , crime-ridden city . |
| 7 | ICI , although running at a loss of £384 million , still distributed £393 million to its shareholders , over half its R&D budget . |
| 8 | ( It might be useful to remind the reader at this point that the Speech and Drama movement , although fading at the school level , had become firmly entrenched in teacher colleges where many well qualified Speech and Drama people had gained appointments , colleges such as Trent Park and Goldsmiths ' , where teacher-training in the arts was not unlike theatre-training . ) |
| 9 | Look straight ahead as if gazing at a place on a wall . |
| 10 | In this Jarman sits , Prospero-like , sniffing flowers as if grasping at a memory of happier times . |
| 11 | The shuttle stopped , trembling , as if straining at a leash . |
| 12 | Louis , a sportsman and only child , was struck while jogging at the edge of the road . |
| 13 | Louis , an all-round sportsman and only child , was struck while jogging at the edge of the road on 13 July . |
| 14 | It was Geoffrey Howe , I am told , who knocked on one door while canvassing at a by-election in Epping , to be greeted by a tiny , wrinkled old lady rushing at him with arms outstretched : ‘ Oh Geoffrey at last I 've met you , my fluffy , cuddly little teddy bear ! ’ |
| 15 | The bar-room whose porch I was leaning on , while gazing at the street , was surrounded by cameras , lighting and film crew . |
| 16 | He had a successful operation in December but suffered problems with his shoulder socket while training at the start of last month . |
| 17 | For example , we might draw the inference that a child who is able to name a picture of a boat , while looking at a picture book with her mother , will be able to name it on any other occasion ; the child ‘ knows the meaning of the word boat ’ . |
| 18 | As well as being appropriately dressed you should also be aware that you may have been noted even while looking at the agency 's window display . |
| 19 | For a moment , the Doctor toyed lightly with the simularity crystal he had found while looking at the blood on the floor . |
| 20 | She recalled how she had steadied the block with one hand while pulling at the handle with the other , and how smoothly the blade had slid from its slot . |
| 21 | Mr Athulathmudali was shot while speaking at an election meeting . |
| 22 | WHILE staying at the hotel — there is easy access from junctions 16 and 18 on the M6 and Crewe railway station is nearby — you will have the opportunity to visit the exotic Stapeley Water Gardens , Bridgemere Garden World or the Cheshire candle workshops . |
| 23 | Children are assessed while staying at the Institute for up to four weeks ( this may be extended in some cases ) . |
| 24 | The other poem which Coleridge wrote during his retreat , and the circumstances of its composition , have entered the mythology of English literary history : while staying at the Culbone farmhouse he took three grains of opium to relieve what he variously described as ‘ a dysentery ’ or ‘ a slight indisposition ’ , and in the deep reverie which followed composed two or three hundred lines of poetry ‘ without any sensation of consciousness of effort ’ . |
| 25 | Why are you concerning yourself about these matters ? she queried mentally while staring at the typewriter . |
| 26 | Like most true Cornishmen , the Arundells were staunchly Royalist during the troubles , and the sixth Sir John was killed at Plymouth while charging at the head of his troop in 1643 . |
| 27 | While learning at an RYA centre guarantees success , there will always be people who will learn on a friend 's board or prefer to buy a board and teach themselves . |
| 28 | Earlier , five unarmed demonstrators were reportedly shot dead in late April in Manfalut , south-west of Cairo in the Fayourn region , reportedly while protesting at the banning of a traditional Moslem festival . |
| 29 | Seven years after the Americans bombed Libya , a veteran peace campaigner has been arrested while protesting at the airbase used for the raid . |
| 30 | While standing at the corner with some of the boys , a tall , well-built , red-haired man approached them , and said : |