Example sentences of "[vb past] to [be] [v-ing] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pretended to be looking at some papers when the door opened and Grace Hinkle ushered in a sophisticated-looking female of about twenty-eight . |
| 2 | Penelope walked slowly away from the house , then pretended to be locking at an empty house which was to be sold two doors away from where Rupert lived . |
| 3 | The sum , substantially in excess of estimates by the country 's central bank which had recently estimated borrowing to pay for war costs at around $10,000 million [ see also pp. 37987 ; 38166 ; 38212 ] , was expected to cover current expenditure reported to be running at some $20,000 million . |
| 4 | And thus it was , that February evening , that she came to be standing at the top of the monumental sweep of the staircase , under the huge doorway , pausing for a moment , offering tribute to herself and all her gods . |
| 5 | HOWARD Davies , 41 , controller of the Audit Commission , was swiftly presented with an ‘ agenda ’ yesterday after being confirmed as the next director-general of the Confederation of British Industry at a performance-related salary estimated to be starting at £175,000 . |
| 6 | There was a slow sensuous laziness to his movements contradicted by the dangerously hard angles of his face , the flashing darkness of his eyes which no matter how covertly she looked at him seemed to be gazing at her . |
| 7 | Its mouth was open and it seemed to be grinning at him . |
| 8 | Almost every part of my infuriating body seemed to be nagging at me for some sort of attention . |
| 9 | He had dropped down on to one knee and with head bowed seemed to be pushing at the trolley before him , which for some reason had taken on an obstinate immobility . |
| 10 | Their resentment focused on the way industry seemed to be benefiting at their expense . |
| 11 | Their resentment focused on the way industry seemed to be benefiting at their expense and they blamed the Finance Ministry 's favouritism towards industry for the plight — and the restiveness — of the peasantry . |
| 12 | The man whom Sergeant Bird ushered in through the door seemed to be buckling at the knees , and his Adam 's apple jerked furiously in his throat as he swallowed time and again . |
| 13 | He seemed to be looking at a picture only he could see . |
| 14 | She was forty-six : her face was unlined , her hair still golden without grey in it , her body trim , very trim , yet he seemed to be looking at an old woman . |
| 15 | One of the seneschal 's two right pupils seemed to be looking at him . |
| 16 | Quiss narrowed his eyes at the pupil which seemed to be looking at him . |
| 17 | She began to relax a little as she neared the department where she worked , then realised that any vague notion that she might slip into her office without anyone noticing was a non-starter — everybody seemed to be looking at her ! |
| 18 | Driving through unfamiliar London streets had been nerve-racking enough — vehicles and flashing lights seemed to be coming at him from all angles — but with two kidnap victims in the back , his brain refused to function rationally . |
| 19 | Witnesses say the rover seemed to be travelling at high speed . |
| 20 | Everyone we passed seemed to be staring at me . |
| 21 | The eyes seemed to be staring at him with peculiar intensity , as though he were a rare specimen whose every move must be observed . |
| 22 | But in averting her gaze , she caught a glimpse of two photographs , whose pictured image seemed to be staring at her accusingly — Petula . |
| 23 | Everyone in Rosington seemed to be laughing at him behind his back . |
| 24 | A few men at the bar were watching him and seemed to be laughing at him . |
| 25 | He pulled something partly out of the sack and seemed to be peering at it . |
| 26 | But his blood seemed to be flowing at twice the normal Speed and he stood carefully , so that he could see the doorway . |
| 27 | He seemed to be sitting at his own centre , in the innermost room of his heart , as he heard the words . |
| 28 | Having seen him , she found it impossible to drag her eyes away from him , and her pulse seemed to be racing at twice its normal rate , making a complete nonsense of her breathing control . |
| 29 | Despite this chilly inconvenience , however , the place was crowded with people who all seemed to be talking at once . |
| 30 | Explosions and laser fire were sporadic now , and seemed to be striking at random along the top of the ridge . |