Example sentences of "i was [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In particular , I was looking at the environmental regulations and how [ or even if ] they are enforced . |
| 2 | The statement was unnecessary , since I was looking at the forward preceptor screens , which showed a silvery shimmer like visible white noise . |
| 3 | I can see that perhaps if they want to have a er they may feel they need to stray into other boundaries but I did feel that when I read what Huntingdon district council proposed which was if you like , to completely re-drawing the electoral map for the entire county I was n't actually looking at something that was designed to deal with the interests of the citizens of Huntingdon district council , I was looking at the straightforward political proposal which would be far better to come from a political party than from a district council . |
| 4 | No I was looking at the other one . |
| 5 | Now I was looking at the other fella a strong comparison , I was mixing him up with I |
| 6 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
| 7 | I was trembling at the unexpected sight of him , and could not control my voice , so I approached in silence . |
| 8 | I was stopped at the horse-car entrance by a locked door and , in response to my repeated knocking , by a determined female who told me I was n't welcome . |
| 9 | It was just a very low part , there was a little shopping area just round there at the time er , a butcher 's shop and a greengrocer 's shop and a Post Office , Street was the Post Office on the corner , and then Street and Road which lead down into , Lane and just round oh just round there you see , but I was born at the last house in the Street almost at the bottom of Street . |
| 10 | Finally I was enrolled at the Royal College of Physicians . |
| 11 | I was involved at an abstract level with the struggles of the Vietnamese and the Palestinians far away , or the miners ( in 1974 ) nearer home . |
| 12 | I did [ think of myself as a cabbage ] when I was living at the other place doing all that washing by hand … |
| 13 | On 29 July , while I was teaching at a secondary school near London , I got married to . |
| 14 | This helps to structure the content of its programmes as well as its public image , and until the mid-1980s , Radio I was aiming at the 16–25 age group . |
| 15 | ‘ I found that within the first two years I more than trebled my external income simply because I was entertaining at a large conference-style table in a nicely furnished area . |
| 16 | Although I was walking at a normal pace the impact stunned me . |
| 17 | All the circumstances of the last charge brought against me point to the probability that I was arrested at the urgent instance of the Home Office . |
| 18 | I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke . |
| 19 | I was carried at a smooth lope by Trigger , or sometimes Silver . |
| 20 | When I opened my eyes reluctantly , I was staring at a small piece of pavement miles below , between two sloping hills . |
| 21 | I was staring at a wall-sized mirror when he walked into the bar . |
| 22 | God Save The King , or God Save the Queen , as it is now , is stately , rhythmic You could march to it , but I was corrected at a recent meeting , to say that people do n't march to it , but you could if you wanted to . |
| 23 | Half a mile , and he was right up my arse and I was going at a far pace |
| 24 | ( I have to say I was n't in the room with him thought I was working at the Daily Mail at the time . ) |
| 25 | I was working at the Open University as Pro-Vice-Chancellor in charge of student affairs . |
| 26 | So if I saw the mountain , outlined by the rising sun at dawn , I could say to myself that though it was Saturday morning here what I was witnessing at the same moment was dawn on Friday , the day before . |
| 27 | Now I was standing at the closed door listening to his absence . |