Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now empty , decay and neglect are slowly eating away at the building 's fabric . |
| 2 | So much happening here at the moment as the ball was followed up by David he looked at the referee as er challenge him for the er shove inside the penalty area but the referee was unimpressed by that , Blackburn have already got one penalty here tonight from which they 've scored , Shrewsbury have scored from a penalty too and it 's the third division side still in the lead here by three goals to two . |
| 3 | Keeping things simple is often the best bet , an investment of both time and effort is required to learn anything new , so diving in at the deep end with one of the full-blown integrated packages may cause more disruption than it 's worth . |
| 4 | ‘ By the mid-Fifties , ’ said Heston , ‘ That was all coming apart at the seams . |
| 5 | The skinhead style , for all its apparent knuckleheadedness , is a consciously held pose , a deliberate turning back to earlier , more certain times when men were men and girls stuck by their blokes through thick and thin , a time when an observer could tell an individual 's social status by merely glancing down at the footwear or at the way a person walked . |
| 6 | Ahead children lay like bundles of clothing on the edge of the road , only rolling away at the last hoot . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've decided to go on living here at the farm with Poppa , ’ she was saying . |
| 8 | There was a woman standing at one of the second-storey windows when Gentle reached the intersection , just gazing out at the street . |
| 9 | No doubt my loved ones are already laughing heartily at the thought that I could have anything useful to say to a secretary of state , and two years ago I too would have discounted the idea that a politically damp , small ‘ c ’ conservative would ever be in a position to offer advice on competition and free markets to a Tory government . |
| 10 | ‘ We 're not living apart at the moment , ’ he reminded her . |
| 11 | Hornby on the occasion rebuked Brixton for not looking properly at the CNAA 's regulations — and the College was subsequently to have its proposals approved . |
| 12 | These include excessive pallor or flushing of skin ; rapid , darting eye movements ; perspiration ; tremor of hands ; rigid posture ; aggressive manner ; excessive and/or irrelevant talking , and not looking directly at the person being spoken to . |
| 13 | Here she was , without Simon , sitting peacefully looking out at the view . |
| 14 | She 's not going anywhere at the moment . |
| 15 | They are not going in at the moment but that does n't worry me because he is a smashing lad doing the right things again . |
| 16 | ‘ Country properties were not selling well at the time . |
| 17 | A grey car , immaculately clean , was just pulling up at the gate and a big man in a plain grey suit was getting out to open it . |
| 18 | Just getting up at the start of the day without complaining , is an achievement . |
| 19 | Instead of the fairway he found the edge of the rough several times , and his irons were not flying straight at the flag . |
| 20 | My apologies for not saying so at the beginning . |
| 21 | Then she checked her appearance in the mirror , objectively staring back at the exquisite reflection , the shining flaxen hair , the huge dark eyes , the full mouth . |
| 22 | I 'm , I 'm just saying there at the minute and , and if you 'd like to argue no , we can control the sub-contractor sometimes , then fine . |
| 23 | He 'd said his prayers and celebrated Mass , Benedicta just slipping in at the door and kneeling next to the baptismal font instead of coming further up the nave . |
| 24 | Erm , in we were not sitting here at the end of our , how many years is it now , thirteen , fourteen years . |
| 25 | We were not playing well at the start and many of my players were tired after Great Britain 's tour in the summer . |
| 26 | But I mean I 'm just speculating here at the moment . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's much simpler just draping a piece of material round you to work out what shape would work best and then just sitting down at the sewing machine ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 's much simpler just draping a piece of material round you to work out what shape would work best and then just sitting down at the sewing machine ! ’ |
| 29 | So I 'm not queuing up at the bakers . |
| 30 | " They 're not exactly queuing up at the door , though , are they ? " |