Example sentences of "and [adv] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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1 | Therefore , they were left with the option of investing millions of pounds or closing them , and perhaps looking at the building of a new reactor . |
2 | There was one vehicle there , a car with two figures sitting in the front seats and apparently looking at the road ahead of them . |
3 | Belfast proved worthy opponents , attacking tenaciously and not giving at the back . |
4 | Hebbert was leafing through Hard Rock to re-live Great/Bow combination and just glancing at the Vember chapter , which was the nearest the book got to Curving Crack . |
5 | I mean one day , I mean I was in a customer care meeting for three hours on Monday , so obviously I lost some there , but you know , that particular day I was on a , just on the phone personally on my B M S for just over three hours , and just looking at the other things that I had to deal with . |
6 | The crowds , eventually numbering in the thousands , evolved into a spontaneous anti-war demonstration and headed across town , disrupting traffic while shouting ‘ No blood for oil ’ and finally rallying at the United Nations building . |
7 | He took this in suddenly one morning as he was charging a girl the duty on a camera , hitting the thought like an air pocket and ludicrously yawning at the same time with his mouth shut so that the girl noticed his face lengthening like a mule 's . |
8 | But mainly these diseases have now been er controlled if not completely eradicated and as a result the world 's population is er is likely to zoom up as you can see right off the top end of the , of the graph and we 're expecting something like eight billion people er and , and still rising at the end of the , of the century and it 'll be some time way into the next century before the world 's population actually starts to er er to level out . |
9 | sales and marketing manager for Whirpool Commercial , looks at the hygiene regulations that apply to the caterer , with particular reference to the Food Safety Act , highlighting the importance of using a commercial , rather than domestic microwave , and also looking at the economic and environmental benefits offered by a waste compactor . |
10 | Paralleling , and often lying at the root of land tenure and local economic systems , are profound cultural differences of historic origin within many areas . |
11 | And even looking at the figures we get now , I mean others here will take a great deal of interest , one 's interested in knowing where you 're going and what 's , you 're looking at those figures yourself anyway . |
12 | Her hands ceased their uncertain fluttering , dropping to her lap as she sat back and then tugging at the hem of her skirt until it was at a more modest level . |
13 | You know , they , they yes , yes they go to the Madechie shops and Athena or whatever and there looking at the best , and you ca n't afford it See Maryann and Richard are given up on erm buying Christmas presents because she says your buying things for people they do n't really want , everybody , therefore I think tokeny things are the best , and that 's what I 've bought this year . |
14 | The deep voice sounded peremptory , softly persuasive and vaguely accusing at the same time . |
15 | You , looking through it and almost laughing at the . |
16 | The black eyes were pouring through her , amused and oddly smouldering at the same time . |
17 | The A.835 goes straight forward , crossing the watershed of the Highlands and ultimately arriving at the east coast . |
18 | Think of Miss Marple , Agatha Christie 's aged detective heroine , knitting her unceasing supply of pink and blue baby garments , pondering the latest murder case and quietly arriving at the solution long before anybody else . |
19 | In Dering Street , leading Spanish artist Susan Solano is showing new sculptures at Anthony Reynolds ( to 10 April ) , coinciding with her impressive retrospective survey organised for the Palacio de Velazquez , Madrid , and currently showing at the Whitechapel Art Gallery ( to 2 May ) . |
20 | She still huddled in her small silent way at the top of her cage , watching the trees and sky and never looking at the Zoo , the people , or the other eagles . |