Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | LONDON TOWERS caught Carlsberg League champions Roland Kingston with their guard down for the second time this season by defeating them 103-97 at the Michael Sobell Centre , Islington , on Sunday night . |
| 2 | At first sight , this seems to be an attractive move : holding hearings behind closed doors has led to accusations that the Institute is protecting its own at the expense of the public interest . |
| 3 | She knew she was n't looking her best at the moment , but they looked the type to know quality when they saw it she thought , as she fluttered he awnings at them , colourless now , tattered and torn by the wind . |
| 4 | I 'm meeting him later at the disco after his work . ’ |
| 5 | In fact , only one serious relationship lay behind her , with a Wellington actor who read news bulletins in order to eat , and it had died owing to lack of feeling , disappointing them both at the time , but Maria had philosophically absorbed the lesson at the heart of the sad experience . |
| 6 | ‘ Raymond 's family could n't quite come to terms with eating something sweet at the start of a meal , ’ said Ilsa , laughing . |
| 7 | Which is probably better than getting them all at the same time . |
| 8 | Her dreams were so vivid while the poem shimmered on her desk — signed , sealed , undelivered — that she had to catch herself from grabbing Lucy 's hands , kissing her right out in the street , holding her close at the end of each day , saying , come home , darling ; grabbing her and flinging her to the floor , ripping her clothes off , sinking into her breasts , fucking her like a sheet of flame . |
| 9 | Tolonen gave a short laugh then glanced briefly at the Captain , before taking the clipboard back from his daughter and holding it open at the place she indicated . |
| 10 | Kinnock was saying to erm the candidates , you know , we re I realize that a lot of you are getting it rough at the moment , cos there 's about five Labour |
| 11 | IT MADE A CHANGE TO SEE THE MOTOR industry doing something original at the NEC show — admitting it never does anything original . |
| 12 | And you 're doing your utmost at the other end straining , trying even harder and harder , the harder you try often the worse it gets . |
| 13 | Topaz was trying to pretend that this man was n't making her weak at the knees . |
| 14 | Eb was making himself comfortable at the head of the table . |
| 15 | I 'm watching her thirty at the big big fire wall one . |
| 16 | When he turned to seek approval , the four newcomers had already disappeared , leaving him alone at the doors with the corpse . |