Example sentences of "is [v-ing] at [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But just before this happens , while the taste of melancholy on his tongue is strong enough to set off the sweetness of the place , and of his freedom to enjoy it , but not yet strong enough to overpower it , he sees the woman who is gazing at him from the balustrade of a terrace looking down on the street . |
| 2 | One bird drifts overhead and I swear it is gazing at my quill-like yellow boat as I am gazing at its white tail . |
| 3 | ( He is gazing at his machine . |
| 4 | By now the phone is trilling at me Please replace the handset and try again . |
| 5 | Mr Dickens is gettin' at you . |
| 6 | When the figure turns , say ‘ May peace be with you ’ , and request to hear who it is and why it is banging at your door . |
| 7 | At the same moment you may be trying to tell the same editor an agreed version of what is happening at your client 's company . |
| 8 | This woman with a red headscarf is looking at them and chatting to the man behind the stall . |
| 9 | ‘ Our marketing department [ to be expanded ] is looking at them . ’ |
| 10 | he has problems with the e-marker , and needs , especially , to hear many of the words he misspells pronounced clearly while he is looking at them , and to have pointed out to him the parts of the word that correspond to the various sounds . |
| 11 | Everybody is looking at them . |
| 12 | A sound guide has an edge over the printed page , since the listener is looking at what is being described , interpreted and judged . |
| 13 | I think she is looking at what can be done in the school . |
| 14 | Just remember that the world is looking at we Christians . |
| 15 | LGC is looking at its existing services such as analysis of food , of food packaging , asbestos etc , and seeking ways of developing and promoting these services in wider markets . |
| 16 | Now the council is looking at its options . |
| 17 | ‘ She is looking at me ! |
| 18 | I 've never even managed to get through a job interview , even if it 's a woman doing the interviewing ; I just have this feeling that she is looking at me and judging me for all the wrong reasons . |
| 19 | Now everyone is looking at me — they know who I am and what I am capable of . |
| 20 | He is looking at me with a slight frown , disconcerted by something about me , ready to be embarrassed . |
| 21 | The world is looking at us . |
| 22 | Keith is looking at his Filofax . |
| 23 | He believes that a high viewpoint ‘ … creates a space between the landscape and the observer , similar in its effect to the space between a picture and whoever is looking at it . ’ |
| 24 | Andy is looking at my bag . |
| 25 | Lynn is shouting at her baby . |
| 26 | A particular scene appeared before her eyes : her father is sitting hunched over a pile of torn photographs , and Agnes 's sister is shouting at him : ‘ Why have you torn up Mother 's pictures ? |
| 27 | Ultras is the menacing brand name adopted by all fractious Italian fans , but exactly who is getting at whom in this lazy Mediterranean alleyway remains unclear . |
| 28 | This will depend on the wind strength , but as a general rule the hand movements should start about a third of the way into the turn when the board is travelling at its fastest . |
| 29 | ‘ To prepare for a fighter like Ruddock , you have to fight hard because he is coming at you to separate your head from your shoulders , ’ Bowe said . |
| 30 | School makes me nervous ; when I walk down the corridor I feel that everyone is staring at me , and because a lot of people know about my anorexia they think it their job to comment constantly on what I am eating or not eating , and how much better I look now that I 've put on weight . |