Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [adv] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked down at Tom 's heavy brown ankle boots , his thick navy overcoat and the green corduroy cap with the tufts of white hair sticking out at either side . |
| 2 | In an hour they were all ready and stood in the parlour looking humorously at each other in their best shirts of white linen and clean breeches . |
| 3 | Tess seemed like a queen to Clare , perhaps because he knew that she was the most beautiful woman walking about at this time of day . |
| 4 | One of Mr Hallam 's team mates , William Morris , of Corwen Close , Ford Estate , Wirral , said that both players were on the ground kicking out at each other . |
| 5 | But if I were a free agent , I think what I 'd do now is keep Rainbow hammering away at this lost cause just long enough to put the wind up those damned smug ben Issachars . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , last year 's president , Alan Wilcox , Richmond 's Town Clerk , is putting together a bumper centenary brochure looking back at some of the highlights . |
| 7 | So I 'm not a for a moment suggesting that some rules and regulations are n't needed and I think that er the trouble is that every rule and regulation that is passed in this house , there 's always an excuse for it and there 's usually a very good reason for it , but that is the problem that the government faces and it 's quite fairly er a problem the treasury face when they introduce these statutory instruments because er no one can disagree that fraud must be stamped out , all I 'm actually saying is that unfortunately upstairs we have a deregulation bill going ahead at all pace with hundreds of clauses and hundreds of new rules to try and red hundreds of new clauses to reduce the number of rules and here we are downstairs on the floor we have passing for very good reason perhaps , more rules and regulations and there are four more tonight and I believe that every government department Madam deputy speaker , has a minister specially appointed to keep an eye on deregulation and I just wondered although er my honourable friend on the front bench mentioned that er the even the D T I minister responsible for deregulation has looked at these , I wonder if there is a minister in the treasury , they 've actually put a minister in the treasury responsible for deregulation or is the ministry actually above deregulation because I think that er I got the impression that the that every ministry would have a deregulation minister and I think it would be rather useful to know who the deregulation minister is in the treasury . |
| 8 | Every window was black with paint and there was no air coming in at all and you walk in between very very hot ovens and the sweat was lashing down your back . |
| 9 | Zebra finches are basically monogamous , with the male and female working together at all stages of the breeding cycle . |
| 10 | To have a noisy celebration going on at such a time is causing considerable distress to the family of the late Sir Nelson . ’ |
| 11 | My job as duty officer involves keeping Teesside Airport running smoothly at all times . |
| 12 | After that just forest , mile after mile of pines , the track worsening noticeably at each junction . |
| 13 | And so the lines had been drawn for the battle that still raged , feminists and FAMILY glaring balefully at each other over the dying body of the welfare state . |