Example sentences of "[was/were] not [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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1 | And Tory arguments that the tax would make companies uncompetitive were not looking at the whole picture . |
2 | In pursuing their administrative and legislative strategies , the Reaganites were not fiddling at the margin or tinkering with the status quo . |
3 | In a statement tonight , the Hunt said the hounds were not hunting at the time of incident and were not out of control . |
4 | They 're gon na go in through that door the second it goes down , they were n't loitering at the end of the passage , they were right by the door were n't they ? |
5 | So I suppose whatever area you went into , erm you might find it a bit frustrating to start with , because you were n't looking at the big picture . |
6 | We were n't looking at the time . |
7 | Mr Spencer added : ‘ They were n't filming at the time of the incident . |
8 | One can therefore presume that he was not looking at the landscape as scenery but as habitat . |
9 | There were no regulations to prevent people from walking up the Balmoral side of the mountain when the Queen was not staying at the castle , and Richard had chosen a long ascent from the Balmoral side for the sake of privacy . |
10 | Dexter was sure the TV reporter 's motive for leaving the room was more to check the nanny was not listening at the keyhole than a raging thirst . |
11 | He might be pretentious in other ways , but he was not posing at the keyboard . |
12 | She did not regularly use tampons and was not menstruating at the time of admission . |
13 | On the day of her accident Sarah was not working at the mine , and this poses the problem of why she was there . |
14 | ‘ Anyway ah was n't lookin' at the corpse , ah was watching TV . |
15 | Miss Harker was n't looking at the board . |
16 | Confounded by this reply , Oscar looked across at the other man to see that he was n't looking at the stars at all , but was still busying himself with the body . |
17 | I was n't looking at the negative |
18 | ’ I was n't looking at the driver , ’ I said . |
19 | Make sure the wind or the frost was n't getting at the roots . |
20 | He was like as close as that and he was really staring and he was n't staring at the road cos as I went on a few feet he stared at the car again . |
21 | Directly in front of the door was a small ornamental pool , with a fountain , although , naturally , it was n't playing at the moment . |
22 | I was n't laughing at the time , though , I can tell you , because the more I dug down , the more I was digging up ! |
23 | ‘ We only found out Peter was n't coming at the last minute . |