Example sentences of "was [v-ing] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheila and Mona were writing at side tables ; Michael was kneeling at the big armchair , a book between his elbows , as if in prayer , a position he sometimes used for studying . |
| 2 | Ten minutes later in the gymnasium downstairs Lee reflected that if she threw one of the dumb-bells she was using at the wall-sized mirror and it shattered into a hundred pieces around a central trauma , she would wake herself up and everybody around her and get into the local papers . |
| 3 | Caspar was sniffing at the dead magpie . |
| 4 | On the way out , a policeman told him about the tragedy that was unfolding at the far end of the ground . |
| 5 | Ruth wondered if she was gazing at the dark whiskers which sprouted on her chin and made her so appropriately , though unfortunately , named . |
| 6 | Schizophrenic Clive Wells was appearing at the Old Bailey accused of killing a 63-year-old man when he gave specialist nurses the slip . |
| 7 | I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke . |
| 8 | Mr. Lorrimer 's voice , frail and querulous , was bleating at the other end . |
| 9 | I did [ think of myself as a cabbage ] when I was living at the other place doing all that washing by hand … |
| 10 | It was always the same when trade was booming at the local wharves , and as the convoys of horsecarts and lorries lined up along Cotton Lane so the cafe became even fuller . |
| 11 | The Department of the Environment said it was looking at the legal position of local authorities wanting to control parties . |
| 12 | ‘ Passed up a couple of total certs to come to your bloody bun-fight , ’ she complained , though she was looking at the poor child all the time , with her eyes half-closed and tossing her head so the sockets would catch the light . |
| 13 | No I was looking at the other one . |
| 14 | Now I was looking at the other fella a strong comparison , I was mixing him up with I |
| 15 | I can see that perhaps if they want to have a er they may feel they need to stray into other boundaries but I did feel that when I read what Huntingdon district council proposed which was if you like , to completely re-drawing the electoral map for the entire county I was n't actually looking at something that was designed to deal with the interests of the citizens of Huntingdon district council , I was looking at the straightforward political proposal which would be far better to come from a political party than from a district council . |
| 16 | The statement was unnecessary , since I was looking at the forward preceptor screens , which showed a silvery shimmer like visible white noise . |
| 17 | A graphics display screen could be used to switch rapidly from one map to another ; this would have the advantage of economy ( in that costly high-quality paper maps would not be needed by each participant ) and would be one way of ensuring that everyone was looking at the right map at any particular time . |
| 18 | For the first time in her life she felt as if the veil had been stripped from her idol and she was looking at the real person who hid away inside a beautiful body , seeing her through the eyes of others who had no family love for her to colour what they saw . |
| 19 | Though he did not know it , and never would , he was looking at the blazing jet-pipe of Colonel Bowers ' F-15 Eagle as both men raced on different missions towards the British capital , neither man knowing what it was he carried . |
| 20 | Delving into her bag , Cara extracted a few cards from her wallet and passed them over to her , and while Fabia , who knew her sister went by her maiden name in her job , was looking at the printed cards that announced ‘ Cara Kingsdale , Verity magazine ’ , Cara was suggesting , ‘ Keep those by you just in case Mr Gajdusek wants proof that you represent Verity . |
| 21 | ‘ In particular , I was looking at the environmental regulations and how [ or even if ] they are enforced . |
| 22 | Then he saw that he was looking at the puzzled , desperate face of Ho Chan . |
| 23 | Maggie was looking at the corporal standing at the other side of the counter as she said , ‘ Sorry , no sandwiches left ; only wads , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 24 | Biff was looking at the brutal contraption rather more dubiously . |
| 25 | The senator was looking at the sun-reflecting sea . |
| 26 | They radioed that , at the Bunbeg bus turn-about and taxi stand on the Glen Road , they had seen a man with a revolver accompanied by two other men , one of whom was looking at the nearby mountain through binoculars . |
| 27 | Over his shoulder she was looking at the derelict house . |
| 28 | I was trembling at the unexpected sight of him , and could not control my voice , so I approached in silence . |
| 29 | Last night the motor industry was rejoicing at the unexpected cut . |
| 30 | When it was pointing at the far corner of the floor , it emitted a stream of high-pitched bleeps . |