Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pron] at the " 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 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 .
3 But since such progress is conceived as immanent to musical history itself , independent of variants of musical practice , social usage and reception , the theory moves dangerously close to a hypostasis of technique ; at the very least it confines the relationship between musical and social structures to the level of the longue durée , since at that level society is ‘ encapsulated ’ in music , while in between , music 's ‘ autonomous unfoldment … follows the social dynamics without a glance or any direct communication ’ ( ibid : 206–7 ) , still less putting itself at the service of particular social subjects .
4 ‘ Your'e better hurting yourself at the time , because you 're going to feel awful when you see the paper and it 's not right , ’ he rationalizes .
5 A Gothic mahogany bookcase ( lot 478 , est. $6,000–9,000 ) was a beautiful piece of transitional classical/Gothic Revival furniture , though it was obviously missing something at the top , either an additional moulding or added tracery .
6 Amy 's not using it at the moment , oh goodness me .
7 They 're not paying anything at the moment on laybys .
8 Exactly and if you do n't pay it , and there are a few silly old so and sos not paying it at the moment , I mean the rest of us have had to pa
9 I 'm not watching it I 'm just getting it at the beginning .
10 Well I 'm not buying anything at the moment but if you wan na have a look round .
11 And they 're not getting them at the moment .
12 But it 's not doing it at the moment , although there 's
13 You 're not doing it at the party ?
14 Erm you 're now you 're not doing anything at the moment , we we agreed it was resting .
15 Oh she 's erm , she 's not doing anything at the moment because erm
16 I 'm just doing something at the moment
17 We thank Raymond and his bride Koti for not cancelling us at the last minute , and allowing BBC Good Food to share in their excitement .
18 Ah , well you 'll have to take it up there then , you 'd be better off joining it at the back if you 're gon na join it
19 He comes over ours at Christmas and he does my head in cos he keeps on kicking me at the dinner table !
20 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 ?
21 He knew , because in a town the size of Plumford everybody knew these things , that Hubert Molland had been given a combined parish a few miles outside Plumford , and that the Mollands were now living in Champney Crucis ; he knew that Kate had left school and was now doing something at the technical college ; and , more importantly , he had heard from Joe that she was going out with the local MP 's youngest son , whose name was Julian and who drove a Triumph Spitfire .
22 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 .
23 David has always , for a time , hitched his rocket on somebody who is powerful — no question about it — he 's powerful himself , but he needed an injection of ruthlessness which Ken Pitt , being a very sweet , nice man , was n't giving him at the time .
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 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 .
26 ‘ 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 .
27 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 .
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 Once more the blue eyes moved over her body with appreciation , confusing yet exciting her at the same time .
30 Splashing through the dark flood , I was again throwing myself at the door when a key turned in its great lock and it opened .
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