Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [coord] [v-ing] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up on the Wolds , the Scots were looting and killing at Malton and around the villages of Kilham and Rudston ; shrewdly the prior of Bridlington sent a Scottish-born canon to Malton to negotiate for the safety of his house , while at the same time the priory prudently removed all its muniments , vestments and precious relics ( a piece of the true cross among them ) to Goxhill , in Lincolnshire , and left only eight canons with one chalice in Bridlington . |
| 2 | In a recent case , section 54(13) of the Metropolitan Police Act 1839 was used successfully against two men who were kissing and cuddling at a bus stop in Oxford Street at 1.55 a.m . |
| 3 | But it was already obvious that the horn blast had come from elsewhere entirely — not from the Halfling camp or even from the human regiments of the Empire army , but from the fierce goblin Wolf Riders who were hacking and biting at will as Halflings ran hither and thither in blind panic . |
| 4 | They were sitting and staring at him in complete absorption . |
| 5 | The film both fulfils the Powell-Pressburger partnership 's aim to produce ‘ original stories , written for the screen , keeping pace with events and trying to put into action what people were thinking and saying at the time , ’ which is what the more obviously documentarist filmmakers were also trying to do , and articulates its own vision of the mystical forces in nature , culminating in the healing miracle that arrives for each of the three Canterbury pilgrims on their way to the cathedral . |
| 6 | The low lands were patched with hayfields at every stage of readiness , from bleached yellow to ferny green , and across the coloured surfaces people moved as though they were stitching and knitting at its texture , arms pulling on rakes , backs stooped under burdens on their way to the steadings . |
| 7 | The two young McLaggans were taunting and prodding at a trio of hostages , Thomson the constable , Bisset the minister , and the old soldier Major Alexander McGlashan of Eastertyre ; they stood in a huddle with their eyes staring , while young McCulloch staggered up to them and shoved stalks of bracken into their hair . |
| 8 | Nails was laughing and shivering at the same time , so excited that he felt almost ill with it . |
| 9 | Suddenly the anguish was gone and she was laughing and crying at the same time . |
| 10 | She was shouting and swearing at everyone . |
| 11 | All the time I was shouting and swearing at them . |
| 12 | I was shivering and sweating at the same time . |
| 13 | Someone was squealing and crying at the same time , as if caught in a trap . |
| 14 | He was groaning and clawing at the pillow . |
| 15 | John was burgling and dealing at the same time , so we had a regular supply , like . |
| 16 | There was humping and heaving at Les Halles , and unloading and loading in the Cours Mirabeau , not to mention the display that had to be set up afresh daily . |
| 17 | There was dancing and singing at various points — the chatter and whir of castanets , the hoarse yelps and anguished arias of flamenco , the pistol-like crepitations of zapateado , the sharp slow hand-claps of café patrons calling waiters . |
| 18 | He was crying and laughing at the same time . |
| 19 | I just felt as if I was staring and staring at you and that at any minute you 'd disappear , like the ghost in Hamlet . |
| 20 | Yes … yes indeed … ’ she was nodding and glancing at Jess , then away , the flush in her cheeks ripening . |
| 21 | ‘ He was ranting and raving at me , ’ the ward sister said , ‘ in German ’ |
| 22 | Beside a tussock of grass a little way outside the opposite copse , a rabbit was sitting and gazing at them . |
| 23 | He was rubbing and pulling at his mouth , tears flowing , along with copious saliva . |
| 24 | Behind us the mug standing beside the tail car was yawning and looking at his watch . |
| 25 | … Everybody was talking and gesticulating at the same time . ’ |
| 26 | Everyone was beaming and weeping at this display , this proof of human richness . |
| 27 | Hilary Frome , stretched face down along the floor , was writhing and retching at the top of the stairs . |
| 28 | She was smiling and looking at Conchis , though she glanced with a cool interest at me as I stood . |