Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [prep] [pron] at the " in BNC.

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1 Two days sitting in the plane and fifty bourbons later I had this young born-again advocate holding my hand and praying for me at the top of his voice .
2 The temple bells were clanging to their climax as Ramlal hurried past the door , clutching his precious document , and laughing to himself at the thought that the God had got nothing from him at all .
3 Bob 's phone rang , and while he was talking Dyson , who was sitting back in his chair and waiting for someone at the other end of the line , covered up the mouthpiece of his phone and said , ‘ Are you coming to the funeral , Tess ? ’
4 The idea was of staking out the estate and counting on someone at the appropriate moment .
5 It was like climbing a waterfall , but there was a warder at the top , clinging to a railing and yelling to us at the top of his voice to hurry — as if we needed such encouragement .
6 To and fro , weaving , sometimes tied back to the point , moving from point to point , guided by Jennifer , each woman deeply involved with the dual effort of formulating an opinion and arguing for it at the same time .
7 I have seen him striding through Soho eating a sandwich and talking to himself at the same time , oblivious to the cars and traffic and noise around him , deep in thought .
8 ‘ Well , you know , like he says he was coming up to you — this is the way I look at it — coming up to ask you to lend , say , a lawnmower , right — this is when he 's no drunk , ordinary sober , you know — and he 'll be walking up to you and thinking about it at the same time .
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