Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] was [v-ing] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had nearly got myself killed back there : what on earth did I think I was playing at ? |
| 2 | A firm , insistent hand between my shoulder-blades pushed me further into the room ; my feet moved , but my body refused to follow and I realised I was standing at an angle . |
| 3 | I noticed she was looking at me carefully . |
| 4 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 5 | It was no accident , and I knew I was looking at several hundred pounds ' worth of damage . |
| 6 | Then , as I turned before leaving , I saw she was grinning at me . |
| 7 | Well , I called in there today for cigars and I saw this young woman ; and you remember the one that was in the sweet shop , she was so nice and obliging ; well I thought I was looking at her twin . |
| 8 | At first glance I thought I was looking at a cross between a gibbon and a goat . |
| 9 | I thought he was looking at the station as if , to see if a train was in or something |
| 10 | ‘ I thought he was laughing at me , that he did n't want to see me , but then he stopped me and he made me a little bow , just like a real gentleman , and gave me a present , as if he did care . |
| 11 | I thought he was laughing at me . |
| 12 | The first day a tyre burst with such a loud crack I thought someone was shooting at us . |
| 13 | They 're coming back on the first Wednesday of next month with a bus load of about forty Women 's Institute members — ’ She broke off as she realised he was staring at her in horror . |
| 14 | With a stab of pain she realised he was laughing at her . |
| 15 | When she announced she was leaving at the end of the term , I felt this to be the final betrayal , although I could not blame her , even then . |
| 16 | She says one was driving at about 70 mph and could have hit her . |
| 17 | Or had she thought he was staring at her ? |
| 18 | She thought she was peaking at just the right time for her battle of the sexes match with Jimmy Connors scheduled for Las Vegas on September 24 with a 500,000 dollar first prize . |
| 19 | I think she thought I was crying at firs , I think I might have been , but then she started laughing too , with her face all twisted to one side as if she 'd been to the dentist , and she kept gasping and saying , " Ooh , it hurts ! |
| 20 | She knew she was clutching at straws but nothing would get her up the West End . |
| 21 | She knew she was smiling at him . |
| 22 | His head turned , and although she could only just see the shadow of his eyes she knew he was looking at her . |
| 23 | A snort from the pony interrupted her day dreaming ; and immediately her slight body stiffened : walking quickly down the road towards her was a man , and even over the distance she knew he was smiling at her . |
| 24 | She knew he was laughing at her . |
| 25 | She felt he was looking at her professionally now : a woman who had only had two cups of coffee for breakfast , who had not gone shopping or taken herself out to lunch as she had planned , who , in the old days , never seemed to waste a minute , who never laid down in the middle of the day and yet was now stretched out on the bed , inert , apathetic , openly admitting that she had n't realised the time . |
| 26 | The man smiled at her and though she did n't understand why , she felt he was laughing at her . |
| 27 | And she went from here about er well she said she was going at quarter past two . |
| 28 | ‘ She said he was laughing at that time and she just wanted to frighten him . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I thought it might be useful if we knew what was happening at court while we were in the south . ’ |
| 30 | ( I have to say I was n't in the room with him thought I was working at the Daily Mail at the time . ) |