Example sentences of "be [v-ing] at an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toy soldier enthusiasts have been gathering at an auction to try and pick up some bargains . |
| 2 | Witnesses in the car said Williams had not been driving at an excessive speed and had not been distracted in the moments before the car went out of control , said Mr Hardy . |
| 3 | Children are sometimes told ‘ it is rude to stare ’ , but cat-lovers often forget this rule when they are looking at an approaching feline . |
| 4 | Does this mean that we are looking at an item produced by a cabinet-maker who was also able to furnish funerals ? |
| 5 | ‘ Sweetie , you are looking at an old moose who just ca n't figure out where he took the wrong trail and he 'll never get back up that hill again . |
| 6 | Then you just er interpolate so erm if you are looking at an F one fifty test this , which we 've got tables here that give F one thirty and F one forty , oh sorry F one forty and F one sixty just interpolate so the critical value would be nought point nought five , sorry , four point nought five , right , so you just average the difference there . |
| 7 | Not great poetry , by any means ; but it convinces me that Crabbe and Peter Grimes and myself do stop beside an opening sluice , and that we are looking at an actual English tideway , and not at some vague , vast imaginary waterfall , which crashes from nowhere to nowhere . |
| 8 | They are living at an address that only I know . |
| 9 | They are pushing at an open door , we in the industry are already working for change . |
| 10 | When you 're looking at an , a a a an average profit for the group erm you |
| 11 | At £49.95 , it 's affordable for the one-off job ( it could easily save you that in architect 's fees alone if you 're looking at an extension ) , and it does n't require a mega-PC to run it . |
| 12 | generally you 're looking at an eighteen month 's sales period |
| 13 | Yes , say if you 're looking at an E O that feels that they 're really happy with the client group , and things like that that 's fine . |
| 14 | Sales of X-Windows software and X-terminals are still booming , according to the X Business Group , which estimates growth in the X-terminal business at around 100% , while sales of PC X-server products are growing at an astonishing 300% ( UX No 398 ) . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , Central Office 's non-election expenses are running at an annual £12m or so . |
| 16 | While doing this , though , he 'd be looking at an amazingly porky sprite and thinking , ‘ That 's supposed to be me ! ? ’ |
| 17 | Open up the System Box , and you might be looking at an IBM . |
| 18 | She was forty-six : her face was unlined , her hair still golden without grey in it , her body trim , very trim , yet he seemed to be looking at an old woman . |
| 19 | The beginner should be looking at an initial purchase of one sail to allow them to learn in light winds of up to force two . |
| 20 | In rich societies , on the other hand , most people do have enough discretionary income left ( or have easy access to credit ) after they have paid for their food and shelter , though the numbers who do not appear to be growing at an alarming rate in some rich countries ( as the growth of homelessness in the United States and the United Kingdom seems to suggest ) . |
| 21 | The three candidates will be speaking at an open meeting arranged by the Christian Election Forum , on Sunday at 8pm , in Stockton parish church . |
| 22 | The decision to dynamite the rock , using five tons of explosives , was taken last week after it was found to be moving at an accelerated rate . |
| 23 | At 16 they are more likely to be studying at school ; by 18 they are much more likely to be studying at an establishment of further or higher education . |
| 24 | For net investment to increase , demand must be increasing at an increasing rate . |
| 25 | Penelope walked slowly away from the house , then pretended to be locking at an empty house which was to be sold two doors away from where Rupert lived . |
| 26 | ( Notice that this requires that each of the original companies were producing at an output below minimum efficient scale . ) |
| 27 | When the delegates assembled for the Special Conference on August 15th they heard a lot of revolutionary-sounding rhetoric from leaders who knew that they were kicking at an open door . |
| 28 | Output prices were rising at an annual rate of 4½ p.c. last month , against 4.4 p.c. in February . |
| 29 | The talks began early yesterday morning and were continuing at an undisclosed venue . |
| 30 | Erm for instance in the period eighty nine to ninety two , we were running at an annual average of about a hundred and seventy four conversions a year . |