Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All eyes were looking up at the pit lane screens as every lap , every move , was relayed on to the tube |
| 2 | one thing 's for sure the appointment of John Gorman is a popular one on the terraces … he 's given the fans what they crave for … and that 's loyalty … from first thing this morning supporters were rolling up at the County Ground to have their say |
| 3 | On the main highway leading to Charleroi and Brussels the Dragoons were clattering along at a fine pace , almost as if this was an exercise in Provence instead of war . |
| 4 | Back again on Grace , Tilda was messing about at the foot of the mast with a black and yellow flag , one of the very few they had . |
| 5 | Alleycat and Digger were looking up at the stars in the sky . |
| 6 | After a quick glance back through the shop ( Maisie and Ruthie were staring out at the street in silence ) Henry slid one sheet of the printed paper into Gordon 's typewriter . |
| 7 | Eva was coming in at a high spot of the Army 's history . |
| 8 | The sun was streaming in at the windows of her room . |
| 9 | Alan was sitting down at the end of the lawn , his back to the house ‘ so you do n't distract me ’ , finishing off some work for Monday . |
| 10 | Alexei was looking down at the skirts of his coat . |
| 11 | Mendez was looking over at the bar ; Russell down at his drink , as if thinking or listening . |
| 12 | The judge was summing up at the end of the Old Bailey trial of PC Peter Anderson , 41 , based at Surbiton police station in Surrey , who is accused of raping the woman on 4 April last year . |
| 13 | The girl was staring up at the two of us , wondering what was going on . |
| 14 | Noses to the ground , the dogs were coming on at an fast , distance-consuming lope . |
| 15 | Hasan was sitting up at the table , eating a large slice of toast . |
| 16 | Carrie was eager to tell her mother how business was picking up at the dining rooms but she was interrupted by footsteps on the stairs outside and a key being inserted in the lock . |
| 17 | I think from that report there was a there was a requirement or request that perhaps the theatre should actually have a public meeting to talk about which way the theatre was going what things were going on at the theatre and that 's what the meeting is for this evening . |
| 18 | Bacci and the Marshal were staring in at the uncurtained window below the steps that led to the front door . |
| 19 | It is a replacement , we were losing that money erm because the , the water meter was going round at a pound an hour . |
| 20 | His father was pointing down at the rocks . |
| 21 | there 's just five days to go to the start of the new football season … it 's the big kick-off this Saturday … and both Swindon and Oxford were warming up at the weekend |
| 22 | there 's just five days to go to the start of the new football season … it 's the big kick-off this Saturday … and both Swindon and Oxford were warming up at the weekend |
| 23 | Meanwhile behind him John Thorne was desperately trying to provide some company , for Spartan Missile was running on at a tremendous rate . |
| 24 | Almost immediately it became clear that the river was kicking back at the abuse it was receiving . |
| 25 | Towards the end of 1989 film and TV scripts were flooding in at an unprecedented rate , spurred on by her successful debut live tour , the incredible success , even by her standards , of her second album ‘ Enjoy Yourself ’ which entered the British LP charts at number one on its first day of release in October that year and the much-anticipated release of The Delinquents . |
| 26 | All three men were looking up at a newly stained wallaba beam which supported the terrace room . |
| 27 | Erm I think it 's also now pretty much common ground that the capacity of York city is around three thousand three hundred , but I think in in in taking an view on that , and in taking any view o on future windfalls , it is necessary for the panel to keep in mind that historically in the nineteen eighties windfalls were coming through at a time when it was not a adopted local plan for the city of York , so to some extent anything by definition of a substantial size was likely to be a windfall , erm , but also more to the point than that definitional point , I would expect to see , and I think what Mr Curtis has said earlier on that the local plan is likely to tighten up on criteria for release of sites , both small and large , he referred to the shortage of open space , and I would expect to see a policy change in short , a policy climate change , within the city of York that would constrain past historical rates of windfall release . |
| 28 | By the time he felt able to add sound effects , Jenny was sitting down at a table with two girls and three youths . |
| 29 | Not only did the train travel fast , it spread fast and soon the world was opening up at a pace not previously imagined . |
| 30 | At the beginning of the thirties it must have seemed as if the world was opening up at an astonishing rate , but by the end of the decade it had closed to all but those on active military service . |