Example sentences of "[v-ing] [indef pn] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of upholding one at the expense of the other , Bachelard offers the possibility of a deconstructive history which would reinscribe that which had been excluded ; this could also enable a differential history of science and ideology , accounting for the perpetuation of ideology after the production of science . |
| 2 | They 're not paying anything at the moment on laybys . |
| 3 | I was half asleep when he showed us up to our rooms , Ward and I sharing one at the rear of the building , which , in place of beds , had a double-tier bunk in the corner . |
| 4 | Do n't go buying anything at the chemist to try and lose weight , cos they wo n't work . |
| 5 | Well I 'm not buying anything at the moment but if you wan na have a look round . |
| 6 | So you want to fill in the spaces , you thought , you , having nothing at the bottom of the page , but the big gaps |
| 7 | They 're doing something at the boy 's school , but we 're not doing anything personally . |
| 8 | I 'm just doing something at the moment |
| 9 | He was the least well acquainted with Connon and had no intention of saying anything at the moment . |
| 10 | Erm you 're now you 're not doing anything at the moment , we we agreed it was resting . |
| 11 | Oh she 's erm , she 's not doing anything at the moment because erm |
| 12 | Was she carrying anything at the time ? |
| 13 | ‘ Procedures were carried out with care and precision on a ‘ right first time ’ principle — they did not rely on adjusting something at the end of the process to get it right . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |