Example sentences of "and [was/were] [v-ing] at [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do remember in Madrid , there was a crowd of teens , and I could see they knew her and were looking at her . |
| 2 | Three young men had got out and were looking at them . |
| 3 | She stared at the people in the pool , who had all seemed to respond to the whistle and were looking at someone who stood at the poolside , someone obscured from Rachel 's vision by the attendant 's tall chair . |
| 4 | Even the tiles concurred , for now the arrows had all flipped over and were pointing at him , pointing out the guilty party , the incompetent official , the unworthy son . |
| 5 | He towered over his foes , and was flailing at them two-handed . |
| 6 | The Collector had pulled a grey handkerchief from his pocket to mop his brow and was gazing at it with pleasure , thinking again that he was a simple man at heart . |
| 7 | At the question , her head jerked up and she saw that Vitor had awakened from his nap and was frowning at her . |
| 8 | His father had put down his newspaper and was looking at her , too . |
| 9 | One of the social workers had come into the office and was looking at me very strangely . |
| 10 | He could see that Midge had turned her head and was looking at him . |
| 11 | The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining . |
| 12 | I had picked up a box of letters and was glancing at them , when Frankenstein returned from above and caught me . |
| 13 | The bad news was that Alex had a gun and was shooting at him . |
| 14 | He had swivelled round in the armchair and was staring at me irritably . |
| 15 | Joe followed his mother into the room , and they stood looking at Martin , who had his back to the empty grate now and was staring at them as if he was n't seeing them . |
| 16 | Ben had stood up , facing it , and was staring at it in his usual intent manner . |