Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood by the fireplace , gazing despairingly at the mouthpiece of the telephone . |
| 2 | ‘ Mrs Wormwood is n't going to thank you for this , ’ the man said as he led her into the sitting-room where a large platinum-blonde woman was gazing rapturously at the TV screen . |
| 3 | Idea now catching on at the double |
| 4 | Claudia obediently washed Dana 's thick hair as she sat in the bath , sniffing appreciatively at the perfume that floated round her twin . |
| 5 | She frowned , gazing down at the table , she even bared her teeth . |
| 6 | He paused only the once , gazing down at the burnt meat that had been his friend and comrade for so long . |
| 7 | Now he must go away and I dare say I shall never see him again , ’ Joan said woefully , lagging behind despite Anne 's grumbles and gazing down at the ring . |
| 8 | She was gazing down at the town and smiling her private , remembering smile . |
| 9 | He was leaning against the parapet rail , gazing down at the brick terrace several floors below . |
| 10 | Cley rose to his feet and stood gazing down at the councillor . |
| 11 | It should have calmed her , gazing down at the burbling river , should have helped her to think about the problem uppermost in her mind ; but it was impossible to concentrate , knowing that he was close by . |
| 12 | The man was standing beside the stream , arms folded , gazing down at the water . |
| 13 | She sat , leaning her cheek on her hand , gazing down at the dog , her flaming hair falling untidily down her back , and over her shoulders , and glistening in the light from the candelabrum on the mantel and the glow of the fire . |
| 14 | ‘ And this year you 're crazy about Maria Luisa , ’ Ruth murmured , gazing down at the fingers she had been wringing till they were red and hot . |
| 15 | Two respondents indicated that all ordinands in their college have their singing voices assessed during their training , and then receive instruction as necessary , Others offer training in singing only at the request of the ordinand , or the tutor or parish placement supervisor . |
| 16 | Tucking in at the Cork District Social function held in Clancy 's Bar on Wednesday , 7th April 1993 . |
| 17 | To its horror it will find itself slipping and sliding , tumbling down at the mercy of its foes . |
| 18 | Not by someone else stepping in at the last moment . |
| 19 | Carol had been gazing gloomily at the lake . |
| 20 | I went on my way , gazing anew at the beauties of the course . |
| 21 | Court Four of the Royal Courts of Justice in London was packed with judges and barristers to hear the support lent to Lord Lane , who announced in February that he was stepping down at the age of 73 , 18 months before the compulsory retirement age for judges . |
| 22 | Stepping down at the end , he lay on the bed of nails and rolled across it to the foot of the ladder , which he climbed , pausing on each blade to detach a yellow paper prayer flag and send it fluttering to the ground . |
| 23 | Two days later Horst Teltschik ( CDU ) announced that he would be stepping down at the end of the year as Kohl 's foreign policy adviser at the Chancellery . |
| 24 | These are usually based on removal of attention for inappropriate behaviour like not eating ( extinction ) and on setting the scene for appropriate behaviour by eating only at the table ( discriminative learning ) . |
| 25 | Old enemies now competing together at the first ever international games for disabled ex-servicemen . |
| 26 | They reached Airman 's Grave and paused together beside its perimeter wall , gazing in at the poignant tribute to one victim of a long-ago conflict , though not as long-ago , it occurred to Derek , as the conflict which had recently extended its crabbed old hand to touch their lives . |
| 27 | Motherwell ‘ keeper Thomson was at full stretch to smother the youngster 's shot which looked like sneaking in at the foot of the post . |
| 28 | The Ouse takes a slow and meandering course eastwards ending eventually at the Wash . |
| 29 | She 'd got the job after being made redundant and signing on at the job centre . |
| 30 | ‘ Less aggro signing on at the Social Security . ’ |