Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Having carried out the research , let's say we know where we are going and arrive at a beautiful river . |
| 32 | More surprising , and to Paviour more confounding and conciliating at the same time , was the presence of Gus Hambro , busy with a large clip-board , charting on squared paper the patch of ground to be taken up , and sketching a hurried but accurately proportioned elevation of the exposed vault of the flue . |
| 33 | His rescuer was smiling , pulling and pointing at the tartan plaid that had protected the young Highlander in his wanderings across eastern Europe . |
| 34 | John was burgling and dealing at the same time , so we had a regular supply , like . |
| 35 | The former eco-terrorists , feared for their readiness to ambush government whenever it marched into the green province , had suddenly become people worth informing and consulting at the highest level . |
| 36 | They found a pocket of spring/summer oscillation and camped overnight there , conscious that just yards away a biting winter was flaring and dying , the trees sprouting , then blackening again , as if the buds were tiny creatures , grasping and snatching at the light , then quickly tugging back into their wood-bark holes . |
| 37 | If parents do not find time for such training they will spend more time scolding and correcting at a later stage . |
| 38 | Men were also in demand for fetching and carrying At a suitable moment after the meal a plate or basket was passed round each table and the guests put in their subscriptions . |
| 39 | Alexei signalled to one of the engine tenders , and the man fiddled with the levers so that the rods rising and falling at the top of the funnel slowed jerkily and then stopped . |
| 40 | But if the profit was earned by the exploitation of property assets as by letting property , lending money or dealing in commodities or securities by buying and reselling at a profit , the profit will have arisen in or derived from the place where the property was let , the money was lent or the contracts of purchase and sale were effected . |
| 41 | Harper was standing in his stirrups , pointing and cheering at the smaller wood to the right . |
| 42 | The difference is that the IXI map is interactive — the user can go to any part of the system by pointing and clicking at a required position on the map . |
| 43 | In a recent case , section 54(13) of the Metropolitan Police Act 1839 was used successfully against two men who were kissing and cuddling at a bus stop in Oxford Street at 1.55 a.m . |
| 44 | Grooms from the Spanish Riding School of Vienna unloading a Lipizzaner stallion at Wembley Arena , London , where the school will stage six performances , starting on Thursday , demonstrating the classical art of riding as practised at the Imperial Court of Vienna . |
| 45 | I have enjoyed reading ZZAP ! since early 1987 ( issue 25 ) and have seen many Editors come and go ( I do n't know whether I 'm coming or going at the moment — Ed ) . |
| 46 | Occasionally too he saw crows flocking and feeding at a particular part of a sheep pasture — sometimes at a dead sheep but more often at the placenta left behind where a lamb had been born . |
| 47 | Mossop , faithful both to preference and history , remained in the car whilst Harry walked up the front path , trying to ignore the ravenous alsatian growling and tearing at the neighbour 's fence . |
| 48 | Thought to be a Risso 's dolphin , he would meet steamers with faithful regularity , joining and leaving at a particular spot , and then bow riding at speeds up to 15 knots and rubbing his body against the ship 's hull . |
| 49 | But erm the idea is have this up and running and look at the problems . |
| 50 | It still means , however , to be up and running and organised at the erm |
| 51 | He was crying and laughing at the same time . |
| 52 | On behalf of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council I wish to register an objection to the application for an entertainment licence for music , dancing and singing at the Priory Restaurant , Scorton . |
| 53 | Outside the gallery a group of curious bystanders gathered , staring and leering at the nude painting . |
| 54 | She needed to be caressed and he caressed her , massaging and pinching at the puckered rose-pink nipples , until the heat burst into searing flame and wildfire licked over her body . |
| 55 | Shelley started sorting the patients ' cards into order , and wonderered why she felt a little hurt at the thought of Victoria coming and going at the Casa Madrid . |
| 56 | Well , she went , like balling and shouting at the top of her voice , I mean , she talks to Terry like shit . |
| 57 | Sooner , rather than later , and generally after a few stiff drams , Joicey would break into the Gaelic , roaring and shouting at the top of his voice : ‘ Man to man it was in those days . |
| 58 | While the CNAA had been debating and arriving at a new policy statement , a considerable diversity of approaches had developed in the institutions . |
| 59 | Both groups trained to attend to the sounds of words were significantly better at reading and spelling at the end of the study than the untrained group . |
| 60 | The shop bell had tinkled frequently for the past hour , most of the customers having been the ha'penny and penny ones , some of whom were now standing outside at the shop window oohing and aahing at the Christmas goodies displayed there , all entwined with coloured streamers and illuminated by the two gas lamps attached to the side wall of the shop and plopping inside their pretty pink glass globes , while casting a rosy light overall , even over the small faces pressed against the window . |