Example sentences of "[verb] he be [v-ing] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead he found he was looking at a short , rather stout middle-aged man . |
| 2 | Luke found he was staring at Jake Endo 's sandals , wondering how much they could possibly have cost . |
| 3 | The Northern says he is appearing at Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt on Friday night . |
| 4 | There 'll be twenty people at least who could swear he was working at the time . |
| 5 | Or had she thought he was staring at her ? |
| 6 | Paige sensed he was looking at her , but her mind was centred totally on the pleasure his fingers were creating . |
| 7 | Though his expression was enigmatic , Polly sensed he was laughing at her . |
| 8 | ‘ But with your good friend and benefactor , Monsieur Amaury de Craon , who had sent you a secret message saying he was staying at the palace ! |
| 9 | Milton 's God was Empson 's last book , in his lifetime , though when he died he was collecting at least three others : Using Biography ( 1984 ) , on Marvell , Dryden , Fielding , Yeats , Eliot and Joyce ; Essays on Shakespeare ( 1986 ) ; and a book of Renaissance essays , as well as a massive ragbag ( as he called it ) of papers and reviews dating back to the 1920s which , when it posthumously appeared as Argufying ( 1987 ) , was rapidly seen by many to be the finest critical miscellany in the language . |
| 10 | Towards morning Jed dreamed he was waiting at a bus-stop . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Athelstan felt he was looking at a man already under the shadow of Death 's soft , black wing . |
| 13 | The man smiled at her and though she did n't understand why , she felt he was laughing at her . |
| 14 | He was discovered by his father , who at first did n't realise he was looking at his own son . |
| 15 | He dreams he is sitting at the wheel of his car at the traffic lights , unable to drive off because he ca n't decide whether to kiss Rose when he arrives , or whether to ask her for a cheese and chutney sandwich instead , or where to go for his holidays . |
| 16 | Philip knew he was looking at him but Philip kept looking down . |
| 17 | Ruth knew he was looking at the glint of Caer Wydyr , which even at this range was difficult to focus on ; like something seen in the corner of the eye , it seemed to disappear when you turned to look . |
| 18 | His head turned , and although she could only just see the shadow of his eyes she knew he was looking at her . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She knew he was laughing at her . |
| 21 | I thought he was looking at the station as if , to see if a train was in or something |
| 22 | ‘ He may have done , we 'd not have heard him , ’ said the Leader , ‘ or thought he was shouting at the horses . |
| 23 | Jinny thought he was laughing at her . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | I thought he was laughing at me . |
| 26 | Steward had announced he was retiring at the end of that season but his retirement happened earlier than anticipated . |
| 27 | Anyway , he insisted he was coming at half past seven . |
| 28 | And in the week , I do n't think he was working at the time , but on a Sunday morning he 'd walk out of that terrace house and er he 'd be immaculate , absolutely . |
| 29 | Lucien presumed he was looking at something deemed beautiful . |
| 30 | With a stab of pain she realised he was laughing at her . |