Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [v-ing] [pron] at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I was watching it at the movies , I was watching the whole thing at the cinema . |
2 | The vociferation grew louder and louder all the time while I was serving myself at the counter . |
3 | About once a week or fortnight I had to attend some quite high-powered meetings in London to which James came too , as I was feeding him at the time . |
4 | At least that 's what I was telling myself at the start line of the Bury 20 . |
5 | ‘ I 'd hoped for so much from that class since I was taking it at an American university , but — ’ |
6 | But someone was saying something at the same time as Lord Boddy , making him falter and finally stop in midstride . |
7 | But , if you were buying it at a garage you were probably gon na pay at least four |
8 | I did n't know if you were comparing it at the end . |
9 | It is her ambition to be tried for her life for murdering a small tobacconist with a meat-cleaver , only to be dramatically cleared when her alibi is established by the bishop who was confirming her at the very moment of the crime . |
10 | We were following them at a good clip . |
11 | Many of the instrumental numbers were so relaxed , they looked like they were amusing themselves at a family party and when Harry told everyone to stand up as he bopped around the stage in his black silk suit , everyone did as they were told . |
12 | She felt she had learned nothing about him as a man , that in some secret way he was keeping her at a distance . |
13 | we 're used to a lot of Shakespeare 's archaisms because he was studying them at A level and Shakespeare 's got so a special sort of band of them that he uses . |
14 | The official story is that he was playing it at a party and people wanted to hear it over and over . |