Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [pron] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Constable Perkins , who had been enjoying himself at the fête , ‘ patrolling ’ the exhibits , had only by chance come into the Cookery Tent at the vital moment . |
| 2 | A group of kids are on a roundabout , one foot on and one foot off , they are pushing it at a giddy speed , round and around until their faces form a single banded blur . |
| 3 | Every other day we 're using it at the moment . |
| 4 | You 're eliminating one at a time . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're having it at the end of January … ’ |
| 6 | They 're having it at the co , at the university because David 's mother has some connection . |
| 7 | They 're doing something at the boy 's school , but we 're not doing anything personally . |
| 8 | perhaps the Company 's lack of comment on its own future , which must increasingly have been worrying them at the turn of the century . |
| 9 | Erm , when I drew attention to this , one of the first things I did when I got elected to this council , erm , we get papers back which seem to suggest that in fact the Home Office are funding it at a level which , dare I say suggests that we might even make a small profit , er and I have in fact recently been approached by colleagues from Gloucestershire , asking us how we manage in that er , er exercise , because they 're concerned about the high cost of er , protection for certain royal establishments in their county . |
| 10 | I thought — if it had been my parents who had been talking , they would have been doing it at the tops of their voices , for surely on the content alone that conversation had been a row . |
| 11 | ‘ I shall be seeing them at the weekend . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 're not stupid , and neither are we , although you might be doubting it at the moment . |
| 13 | . So to work out how much energy you 're using is , how quickly am I using up energy , well I 'm using it at a rate of ten kilowatts . |
| 14 | So I shall be enjoying myself at the wedding |
| 15 | Because she knew he would be meeting her at the road alone , she had risen very early and bathed and scented herself with special care in her suite at the Continental Palace that morning . |
| 16 | well if you think you might get some money at the end of the season , he said , you may find that you 'll be paying them at the end of the season ! |
| 17 | Everybody has them and something must be holding you at a given height above the ground ! ’ |
| 18 | You are going to be getting them at the end of the case in any event and why should you be kept out of them ? |
| 19 | The gulls can see the help and benefit they receive from Iago 's service , but can not see , or conceive , that Iago could be benefiting himself at the same time ; and no one could possibly see that Iago is in fact benefiting himself by destroying them . |
| 20 | The composition of a team depends on who happens to be doing what at the time . |
| 21 | I 'm recording you at the minute . |
| 22 | So while helping my old friend , I would be losing him at the same time . |
| 23 | Maureen Stone 's arguments that multicultural education is based on a deprivation model of black children explain how multiracial education may actually be placing them at a disadvantage . |
| 24 | I 'm showing it at the Norwich Contemporary Arts Exhibition on October the third if I can get it there . |
| 25 | I 'm thinking we at the latest we can |
| 26 | , our long serving secretary will be leaving us at the end of May . |
| 27 | Cookie would be coining it at the greengrocer 's stall , munching fruit and putting on the courtesy act to old ladies . |
| 28 | With strong evidence to show that children under the age of two are at considerable risk from passive smoking , smokers are putting themselves at a disadvantage because agencies can select from equally suitable candidates who do not smoke . ’ |
| 29 | Now if we are going to say that this rolling programme , we we do n't mean this rolling programme because it it 's all going back to committees again to be to be looked at then we are putting our at a disadvantage they will disband and the cost to us for refurbishment will increase . |
| 30 | The Aztecs were using it at the time of the Spanish Conquest in the form of mosaic applied to wooden masks of their gods , combined with shell inlays for eyes and teeth ( Plate E ) . |