Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things are becoming intolerable at the club these days and the boot sale is only part of it . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're goin' barmy at the wharf . |
| 3 | They 're keeping quiet at the moment saying simply that they 've invested a lot in new technology and models , and their cars are doing well against others in the country . |
| 4 | You 're cutting more at the same time . |
| 5 | Look can we do one show here we 're doing two at the moment ? |
| 6 | I do hope your plans to move are developing smoothly and that you 're feeling happy at the whole prospect . |
| 7 | This usually all works well with a large one-off competition , but if you have organised a series of regional newspaper competitions , for example , you will need to have a foolproof system to ensure that winners receive their prizes shortly after winning and you do not have irate editors ringing up saying that their readers are growing angry at the lack of delivery . |
| 8 | Sweat pours from beneath my hat , and my shorts are going raggy at the hem . |
| 9 | With just one goal in five games you do n't have to be an expert to see where Oxford are going wrong at the moment . |
| 10 | Unemployment is up from 1.7 million to 2.7 million ; home repossessions are running at 75,000 a year ; companies are going bankrupt at the rate of 1,000 a week . |
| 11 | No bluebirds over the white cliffs ; the lights are shining bright at the ferry port . |
| 12 | I 'm writing this at the start of the war in the Gulf . |
| 13 | I 'm writing this at the home of a friend in Michigan . |
| 14 | erm so er I 'm waiting to hear , so that I 'm getting irritable at the minute cos A the money is going and B being out of work , being here all day . |
| 15 | right , so if I 'm carrying six at the minute , you 've got to say to yourself its stupid having six here |
| 16 | ‘ I am resisting that at the moment . |