Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toucans collect them one at a time , throwing them up in the air and deftly catching them at the back of their throats . |
| 2 | It is a moment that is likely to reshape the strategic thinking of traditional , print-on-paper publishers , perhaps encouraging them at last to re-define their activities and participate more extensively in information media of all kinds . |
| 3 | These agents are toxic when given systemically , and so producing them at high concentration within the tumour is an attractive goal . |
| 4 | The plan was to let him ride Dave Leach 's 400cc machine in the first round of the Superteens last weekend and then move on to Moodie 's Yamaha for the Scot is only riding it at the North West and the TT . |
| 5 | Nigel Mansell is a man whose life revolves around cars , not satisfied with just racing them at speeds of up to 200 mph , his business life is based around them . |
| 6 | I 'm not watching it I 'm just getting it at the beginning . |
| 7 | Just putting you at your ease , ’ he said . |
| 8 | People might consider destroying their credit cards or just leaving them at home . ’ |
| 9 | She unfolded the page of blue paper and focused on the letter instead , hardly understanding it at first reading . |
| 10 | ‘ We are still investigating them at present and have not ruled them out . ’ |
| 11 | it 's not as if you 're like selling them at cost and making a few pence because |
| 12 | Imagine still doing it at forty ! ’ |
| 13 | no hope we do n't lose it on that Tim , it 's got all my money in at the moment , it 's a really good one is n't it , we 're really enjoying it at the moment does n't what number it is but we just , what do we do with this ? |
| 14 | The system can understand spoken utterances by simultaneously analysing them at different levels ( including syntax and semantics ) , and then combining the results . |
| 15 | But I knew what was really worrying her at that moment . |
| 16 | But there 's people that you know are still now spending them at Christmas . |
| 17 | When asked if it was silk he replied ‘ I think it is , ’ obligingly donning it at the cash desk to the delight of watching photographers . |
| 18 | ‘ People have been killed for less , even taking it at its face value , though its actual value is very much greater . |
| 19 | After the death of Grandfather Palichuk , the custom arose of frequently leaving him at home . |
| 20 | Few stations of the first generation survived the vast increase of railway traffic , but some did and they are well worth seeing Railways added a vast amount of detail to the English landscape , besides manipulating it at times on a large scale . |
| 21 | In support of a recent complaint it had made to the EC Commission , Tretorn cites Article 85(1) ( d ) and Article 86(c) of the Treaty of Rome , which refers to ‘ dissimilar conditions to equivalent transactions with other trading parties , thereby placing them at a competitive disadvantage . |
| 22 | A non-exclusive list of examples of such abuses is provided : ( a ) directly or indirectly imposing unfair purchase or selling prices or other unfair trading conditions ; ( b ) limiting production , markets or technical development to the prejudice of consumers ; ( c ) applying dissimilar conditions to equivalent transactions with other trading parties , thereby placing them at a competitive disadvantage ; ( d ) making the conclusion of contracts subject to acceptance by the other parties of supplementary obligations which , by their nature or according to commercial usage , have no connection with the subject of such contracts . |
| 23 | In making Gloucester chief steward of the duchy of Lancaster in the north , Edward was thus effectively putting him at the head of the surviving royal affinity there . |
| 24 | In making Gloucester chief steward of the duchy of Lancaster in the north , Edward was thus effectively putting him at the head of the surviving royal affinity there . |
| 25 | ‘ United have emerged as favourites now and that suits me fine , as long as we are up there challenging them at the end of the season . |
| 26 | Norman has been an unknown quantity since injuring his right shoulder prior to last year 's Masters , then reinjuring it at the US Open in Minneapolis . |
| 27 | Huey and I watch as she cuddles the microphone , wrapping her mouth round it , almost swallowing it at times . |
| 28 | This is achieved by holding down the fire button until the meter below the energy bar reaches maximum , then releasing it at the right moment . |
| 29 | You 'll be fed up then having me at home . |
| 30 | In those days before altimeters , height could be deduced , given the availability of a barometer , by the simple process of recording the mercury column before take-off then reading it at intervals during the flight . |