Example sentences of "and [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | More surprising , and to Paviour more confounding and conciliating at the same time , was the presence of Gus Hambro , busy with a large clip-board , charting on squared paper the patch of ground to be taken up , and sketching a hurried but accurately proportioned elevation of the exposed vault of the flue . |
| 2 | I 'm not a social eater and I hate talking and eating at the same time . |
| 3 | Here , at close quarters , the fitful , elusive silver congealed into the turgid brown flood she had seen upriver , a silent surge of water looking almost solid in its power , sweeping along leaves and branches and roots and swathes of weed in its eddies , gnawing away loose red layers of the soil along this near bank , and eating at the muddy rim of the path . |
| 4 | Owen Glendower , lord of Glyndyfrdwy and Cynllaith , and master of most of North Wales , came south that June into central Wales , his raiding parties materialising like shapes of flashing , thundery sunlight out of the rains and mists of the hills , and eating at the borders of the Mortimer lordships in Radnorshire . |
| 5 | Harper was standing in his stirrups , pointing and cheering at the smaller wood to the right . |
| 6 | The details of how such intentions could be realized would be left to local joint planning and financing at the district level : ‘ any proposal to move the balance of care from hospital to community should come from the local level ’ . |
| 7 | The shop bell had tinkled frequently for the past hour , most of the customers having been the ha'penny and penny ones , some of whom were now standing outside at the shop window oohing and aahing at the Christmas goodies displayed there , all entwined with coloured streamers and illuminated by the two gas lamps attached to the side wall of the shop and plopping inside their pretty pink glass globes , while casting a rosy light overall , even over the small faces pressed against the window . |
| 8 | Experience with 761 had shown that loading and unloading at the same door was too slow on the Promenade . |
| 9 | ‘ But the most difficult thing about this band for me is actually playing parts live and singing at the same time ! |
| 10 | On behalf of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council I wish to register an objection to the application for an entertainment licence for music , dancing and singing at the Priory Restaurant , Scorton . |
| 11 | A devotee praying before the idol and gazing at the God 's face is thus influenced by an electro-magnetic field which interacts with the devotee 's own bioenergy field . |
| 12 | As he spoke , he looked at Ludovico , who was furiously plucking at the strings of his racket and gazing at the ground . |
| 13 | Robins slightly endeared herself to me by going a little pink and gazing at the ceiling . |
| 14 | ‘ I signed a beautiful new actress , ’ he said , leaning on his elbow and gazing at the girl . |
| 15 | One of the crewmen of the small boat stood looking out at the city all around him , smoking a cigarette and gazing at the myriad lights . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , nothing much , ’ I sighed , slowly raising my head again and gazing at the water . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's the only castle I 've ever seen that I can imagine living in , ’ she said , standing in the upper gallery and gazing at the magnificent views from the windows . |
| 18 | He wondered if Heather , sitting in the same chair and gazing at the same view , had somehow bequeathed to him this reaction , or if it were entirely his own , a product of the self-pity Kingdom had identified . |
| 19 | Faced with actually going back to the barn , she was not now so serene about it as she had been when she was lying in the field and gazing at the sky . |
| 20 | But her mother 's letter introduced into her head again that debilitating pressure she had felt in hospital — the feeling which was the opposite of sitting in her watch-tower and gazing at the sky . |
| 21 | For the people of Pakistan to enjoy the huge benefits of heating and cooking at the press of a switch , then praise be to the Darlington firms of Head Wrightson and Whessoe . |
| 22 | She stood up , holding her hands to her face , laughing and weeping at the same time , gasping for breath , feeling her heart and only finally throwing her arms up in joy . |
| 23 | Or side by side and touching at the hips , |
| 24 | When he appeared before the magistrate at lowly Clerkenwell , charged with ‘ willfully ringing several door bells and knocking at the doors in Upper Street , Islington , without lawful excuse ’ it was said that this kind of mischief — like the Cremorne Gardens affray — was a ‘ frequent occurrence ’ . |
| 25 | Her high-pitched voice , rapid speech and stabbing at the telephone betrayed her lack of balance and control . |
| 26 | Kildare and return and booking at the moment is reported to be brisk . |
| 27 | And still without needing to turn my head , but looking straight to the front , and walking at the same even pace along the path , I was conscious of a man perched motionless on the top bar of the gate , one leg over , so still that he might have been part of the gate itself . |
| 28 | Cardiff saw its wildly thrashing and monstrous arms , beating and tearing at the dented grey metal of the cabinet . |
| 29 | Mossop , faithful both to preference and history , remained in the car whilst Harry walked up the front path , trying to ignore the ravenous alsatian growling and tearing at the neighbour 's fence . |
| 30 | I want now to turn to some questions of form and genre , trying to identify a particular set of formal and institutional parameters for television , and returning at the end of the essay to questions of value . |