Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [v-ing] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back again on Grace , Tilda was messing about at the foot of the mast with a black and yellow flag , one of the very few they had . |
| 2 | Alleycat and Digger were looking up at the stars in the sky . |
| 3 | After a quick glance back through the shop ( Maisie and Ruthie were staring out at the street in silence ) Henry slid one sheet of the printed paper into Gordon 's typewriter . |
| 4 | Alan was sitting down at the end of the lawn , his back to the house ‘ so you do n't distract me ’ , finishing off some work for Monday . |
| 5 | Alexei was looking down at the skirts of his coat . |
| 6 | Mendez was looking over at the bar ; Russell down at his drink , as if thinking or listening . |
| 7 | Hasan was sitting up at the table , eating a large slice of toast . |
| 8 | Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson is hitting out at the dirty habits of the British public ; he says mountains of litter dumped along motorways is forcing the government to spend £3 million a year cleaning it up . |
| 9 | Oh yes Jamie 's picking up at the weekend , that 's right . |
| 10 | there 's just five days to go to the start of the new football season … it 's the big kick-off this Saturday … and both Swindon and Oxford were warming up at the weekend |
| 11 | there 's just five days to go to the start of the new football season … it 's the big kick-off this Saturday … and both Swindon and Oxford were warming up at the weekend |
| 12 | Anne is sitting down at the piano , unfolding her spectacles , smoothing the music in front of her . |
| 13 | While Greg was living up at the farm she forgot to bring down milk for the cat . |
| 14 | Lucky because Ken Backhouse was walking by at the time . |
| 15 | Marc was stamping about at the top of the steps , knocking the snow off his boots . |
| 16 | This power , however , was to be used according to the rules of the American Constitution , not as a means to a dictatorship like that which Hitler was setting up at the very same time in Germany . |
| 17 | ‘ The sort of people John Smith was winding up at the Trade Union Conference about a return to a Golden Age , when they were back in the driving seat and great rights for their members , and a friendly government again — some of those people are beginning to make noises . |