Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so busy looking at the coach . |
| 2 | She claimed that she had invited both her daughter and Neha to go to Marbella with her but Neha was not ready to leave at the same time . |
| 3 | SunSoft president Ed Zander was probably ill-advised suggesting at the announcement that serious changes would be made . |
| 4 | SunSoft president Ed Zander was probably ill-advised suggesting at the announcement that serious changes would be made . |
| 5 | Detached pigment and small but generalised lowering of colours are two problems which the restoration team headed by Maria Grazia Bernardini and Sara Staccioli have identified in the ‘ Sacred and Profane Love ’ , which was probably last relined at the beginning of the eighteenth century . |
| 6 | The Grant Hall Hotel was next door to Zion United Church where I still spent many weekday evenings in boys ' work , and it was now handy to finish at the church and then cross over to the radio station for the late night shift . |
| 7 | Nathan cheered up a touch when he had eaten his way through half the menu , and was even able to smile at the prospect of spending the night in our corridor-like room . |
| 8 | She ate the food , sipped her brandy and was even able to smile at the sight of Iris peering between the slices of bread to ensure that the contents were acceptable to a vegetarian . |
| 9 | But it was n't all work at the smithy . |
| 10 | But he was too proud to plead at the right doors . |
| 11 | She sensed an excitement in him and wondered why , but she was too tired to think at the moment . |
| 12 | Faced with this scenario , the plaintiff gave evidence that she was too frightened to sleep at the premises and had not done so since her initial eviction . |
| 13 | I was too busy looking at the picture and the frame |