Example sentences of "to be [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whom did you say you were supposed to be meeting at the airport ? |
| 2 | He wondered what had happened to handsome Georgie , the boy he was supposed to be meeting at the pub on the night of the murder . |
| 3 | As I understand the Leeds position , they want what they call a lev a level playing field , or to be aiming at the same goalposts that they 've been aiming at for the last number of years . |
| 4 | Lamb — who had the satisfaction to be batting at the end — responded , allegedly , by throwing the legal papers in the bin ! |
| 5 | It does n't take too much imagination to guess that this means ‘ draw a circle centred at x = 10.5 , y = 24.75 , and of radius 3.9 , in whatever units we happen to be using at the moment ’ . |
| 6 | It has to for it to be festering at the bottom ! |
| 7 | He had dropped down on to one knee and with head bowed seemed to be pushing at the trolley before him , which for some reason had taken on an obstinate immobility . |
| 8 | We are only fifty million people in this country and if you 're going to run a decent-size business at all , you need to be looking at the horizon . |
| 9 | Try to be looking at the child when you make your request . |
| 10 | You were supposed to be looking at the clothes , ’ Paula said artlessly . |
| 11 | She did n't seem to be looking at the album , at least not any more ; she did n't seem to have made a start at getting ready , either . |
| 12 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |
| 13 | If you 're looking for faster , purer isolation , you ought to be looking at the Nycomed range — as detailed in our brand new Separation Products literature . |
| 14 | pretending to be looking at the waterlilies |
| 15 | It was ten seconds or so before I realized I was supposed to be looking at the inside of the wooden door . |
| 16 | Right , let's move on to the last session , where we 're going to be looking at the rate books . |
| 17 | We 're going to be looking at the contrast between that and places like Rye , which did have a chartered corporation , and we 're going to be looking at sort of trade , at the effects of epidemics on the town , erm and so on . |
| 18 | Look , I happen to be calling at the office this afternoon . |
| 19 | ‘ You did n't seem to be complaining at the time . ’ |
| 20 | BBS seriously considered firing Hopper ; the pressure of moving a production team of twenty-three people from state to state , writing the script on the run and persuading innocent citizens of the United States of America who just happened to be passing at the time to appear in the movie , was a heavy burden for all . |
| 21 | Station Officer Russ Broadbent of Southport Fire station , said : ‘ It was very lucky that Mrs Parry happened to be passing at the time . |
| 22 | The man whom Sergeant Bird ushered in through the door seemed to be buckling at the knees , and his Adam 's apple jerked furiously in his throat as he swallowed time and again . |
| 23 | There is also plenty of water for the shoals to be feeding at the same time in widely separated places . |
| 24 | Well it 's supposed to be drying at the moment . |
| 25 | I mean , I 'm not saying I want us to be living at the top of a tower block on some vandalized estate but there 's more to life than this , I know there is . ’ |
| 26 | Two weeks after the premature birth of her fourth child , Eleanor Adams-Robinson , Britain 's finest female , ultra-runner , is back on the road and expects to be competing at the European 100K Championships in Holland in September . |
| 27 | And now finally — as we always seem to be saying at the conclusion of our news bulletins — perhaps I can be allowed one or two serious observations . |
| 28 | seem to be recruiting at the moment . |
| 29 | They have said that they are disappointed not to be making at the very least £12 million , and possibly even £17 million — and are determined to do better in 1995 . |
| 30 | Just like Leeds appear to be doing at the moment . |