Example sentences of "be [v-ing] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Downland Housing Association are building at the Larch Cottage site , Portsmouth Road , while the second site is at Lynchborough Road , Passfield . |
| 2 | They are helping to move soil into a garden they are building at the school with the help of mums , dads and teachers . |
| 3 | I mean , seeing the amount of kids that do go out there , and the state of the changing rooms that they are using at the moment , I , I think it 's really degrading . |
| 4 | My parents still do n't know what course I am pursuing at a college of education . |
| 5 | Sweeping the board by book or by rook The Polgar sisters , who this weekend are competing at the Barbican , are the most remarkable phenomenon in the history of chess . |
| 6 | The animals have been recovering at a wildlife sanctuary , and are now well enough to be moved into a purpose built set . |
| 7 | The animals had been recovering at a wildlife sanctuary , and were ready to go back into the wild . |
| 8 | As with chariots , when you are firing at a War Wagon with a stone thrower , or any other weapon which has a template to represent its effect , it is possible to hit the horses , the War Wagon , or the crew depending on the position of the template . |
| 9 | Toy soldier enthusiasts have been gathering at an auction to try and pick up some bargains . |
| 10 | 250 officers and men from the Royal Army Medical Corps and Royal Engineers , already equipped with their familiar United Nations blue berets , have been gathering at the Army 's Air Movement Centre at South Cerney in Gloucestershire . |
| 11 | When kittens are sucking at the nipple , letting the mother know all is well . |
| 12 | Josnau a di chop — I am eating at the moment |
| 13 | Breeze had been gazing at the lights for so long that she was quite dazzled . |
| 14 | Jane had indeed been hinting at the opportunity for her husband 's murder , but she could not admit as much . |
| 15 | Thus Castro was in dire need of a Soviet commitment to preserve his revolution , and in a speech given to the United Nations on 26 September 1960 the Cuban leader may have been hinting at the price he might have been willing to pay when he said , ‘ We understand how terrible the subordination of the economy and life in general of nations to foreign economic power is . |
| 16 | We 've been knocking at the door in four defeats . |
| 17 | While Jessica and Karen had been helping with the salmon mousse , the dark-eyed alien had been lurking at the gate … |
| 18 | Hoddle kicked off by telling Swindon he wanted to leave … he wanted a bigger club … next thing Chelsea are knocking at the door for both Hoddle and John Gorman … they both resigned … |
| 19 | The extra time and support that are necessary ( a ) to perform jobs that are pressing at the limits of personal and material resources , and ( b ) to invest in learning how to do them better , or to assemble additional resources , so that the time taken to perform them is reduced , are not available . |
| 20 | Closed Circuit Television cameras are appearing at a location near you — or , at least at the east end of Princes Street , Tollcross , Haymarket , St. John 's Road , Leith Walk and Quality Street . |
| 21 | Surely Ministers are appearing at the Dispatch Box solely to answer questions about their governmental responsibilities . |
| 22 | Stockton band Dirty Boots are appearing at The Waterfront , Stockton , 9pm . |
| 23 | — STARS of the Sixties , The Swinging Blues Jeans are appearing at The Mayfair Centre , Seaton Carew tonight . |
| 24 | Oh they probably are walking at the moment . |
| 25 | ‘ Not only has Drayton Asia 's investment performance been disappointing , its share price has been trading at a discount to net asset value ranging from 26.8 per cent to 9.7 per cent during the year to 10 February . |
| 26 | The advice it received from the firm was to bring its loans up to date , in particular the $18m credit line it had given to UMF which , PW noted , had consistently been trading at a loss . |
| 27 | Rabbit has been trading at a loss — last year , net losses amounted to $2.6m , down from $3.3m losses in the previous year , on revenues down 20% at just under $7m ; for the first quarter of this year , losses were reduced to $248,000 , from $800,000 , on sales down 13% at $1.6m . |
| 28 | More importantly , any disclosures made in relation to this warranty will highlight fairly accurately whether the Business has been trading at a loss since the Balance Sheet Date — which if true might seriously affect the Purchaser 's willingness to buy the Business . |
| 29 | The number of workers on the land has been shrinking at the rate of nearly 20000 per year , although this has not occurred in a completely uniform fashion . |
| 30 | Each day 25 refugees are dying at a camp housing about 190,000 in Dollo on the Somali border , officials said , adding that , on March 17 alone , 55 people died there . |