Example sentences of "[v-ing] at the [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or there was the horse-racing , cricket or football in the parkland , a visit to the skating-rink , or simply marvelling at the mixture of bravura , vulgarity and confidence with which the Victorians had dropped this gigantic testament to British economic expansion into what were then the sleepy rural outskirts of the fast-expanding city . |
| 2 | Whilst they fished I explored the shores , haunting the hides , marvelling at the variety of bird , plant and animal life . |
| 3 | John Coffin walked away , marvelling at the strangeness of life which made him now mourn a petty criminal whom he had not liked and whom no one had appeared to love , and who might , just possibly , have also poisoned three people . |
| 4 | Visitors marvelling at the perfection of work at the Woodworker Show . |
| 5 | ‘ Nursery Rhymes : Etchings by Paula Rego ’ is a new South Bank Centre touring exhibition , opening at the School of Art & Design in Falmouth , and continuing until 10 February . |
| 6 | There would be a two-week run at the Theatre Royal , Norwich , before opening at the Prince of Wales Theatre on 23 September 1976 . |
| 7 | NOW YOU 'VE stopped laughing at the idea of Kevin Costner in tights , you can have a chuckle at the cast rumoured to be lined up for his Robin Hood movie Prince Of Thieves — Danny DeVito ( above ) as Friar Tuck , either Patsy Kensit , Emily Lloyd or Imogen Stubbs as Maid Marian and as Robin 's big buddy Little John , John Goodman , who is reported to have been paid $750,000 just to stay interested in playing Fred Flintstone while the producers look for a script |
| 8 | Second , as regards durability , the goods should last for a reasonable time and any breach should be regarded as occurring at the time of supply rather than when the lack of durability became apparent . |
| 9 | Finally , the additional time taken to read words occurring at the end of clauses and sentences might reflect the time taken to carry out syntactic processing of that particular clause or sentence . |
| 10 | All we had to do was to pay the expense of the helicopter that brought him in because at that time he was appearing at the Prince of Wales and it was a matter of him fitting his time in with his performances , you see ? |
| 11 | The youthful trio of Scott Booth , Duncan Ferguson and Stephen Wright are all acknowledged , meanwhile , to be knocking at the door of opportunity with a greater urgency than most — apart from the indisposed Eoin Jess . |
| 12 | Plans for their future brought them into political contact with enemies of the ninth electorate which led first to the secret murder of Königsmarck in 1694 , with the connivance of Ernst August , and later to Sophia Dorothea 's confinement in her father 's keeping at the palace of Ahlden , following her divorce from Georg Ludwig in 1694 , which carried the rider that she could not remarry . |
| 13 | And thirdly , if you find that a current for a particular ion is stimulated , it 's becomes difficult to describe what 's happening at the level of transport , at the level of channel activity . |
| 14 | PROPERTY CHAIR : A new Chair in Property Development and Asset Management is to be sponsored in the Department of Surveying at the University of Salford by the RICS North West University Trust . |
| 15 | On his doctor 's orders he went up to Leeds and Scarborough in August , returning at the end of September . |
| 16 | Many take the view that there should be timetabling at the start of legislation to enable it to be seen that Members are dealing with all parts of legislation from the word go . |
| 17 | ‘ When the film opened , ’ recalled Crawford 's wife , Gabrielle' , ‘ we did our usual thing of driving at the crack of dawn to the air terminal to get the early newspapers . |
| 18 | The following policy exclusions are of importance in determining whether a valid subsidence claim exists : o Defective design or inadequate construction of the foundations — e.g. where the foundations of a property have not been constructed to a level required by regulations applying at the time of construction . |
| 19 | They brought their turbans , their pride and their brown eyes twinkling at the prospect of business . |
| 20 | In line with their wish to introduce greater solemnity into worship , the Arminian bishops insisted that the parish clergy should incorporate into their church services a number of ritualistic features regarded by ministers and parishioners alike as ‘ popish ’ ; these included bowing at the name of Jesus , genuflection , kneeling to receive communion , and the insistence that women should wear veils while being churched following childbirth . |
| 21 | Puritans found a number of the liturgical features of the established church , such as bowing at the name of Jesus and the sign of the cross in baptism , highly offensive . |
| 22 | Italy 's air force was told yesterday that unless it bombed fast moving lava flows pouring from Mount Etna to divert their course , the 6,500 people living at the foot of Europe 's highest volcano could face destruction . |
| 23 | There was also a form of opposition to perestroika that stemmed from outdated patterns of thinking and the self-interest of those who had become used to living at the expense of others . |
| 24 | ‘ So , ’ said Andra , picking at the pool of wax on the table with a broken fingernail . |
| 25 | In the yard Constable Fenwick was looking at the pile of tins ; and , as she approached him , she said , ‘ Goin' cheap : a penny a score . ’ |
| 26 | The engineers are also looking at the possibility of transmission by satellite for Europe and remote parts of the UK . |
| 27 | The engineers are also looking at the possibility of transmission by satellite for Europe and remote parts of the UK . |
| 28 | The first point can be illustrated by looking at the history of thought about the hippocampus . |
| 29 | Its significance can be gauged in part by looking at the range of objections to the theatre as a place which subverted metaphysical fixity . |
| 30 | I will therefore be looking at the range of measures on offer to ensure that as we come out of the recession they offer unemployed people practical and effective help in getting back to work . ’ |