Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [v-ing] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they were all haemorrhaging at the back . |
| 2 | He was saying , ‘ Now we 'll go over to the bees , ’ and he went over and they were all lying at the bottom . |
| 3 | ‘ Taki told me they were all sitting at a table telling jokes over dinner when suddenly there was a royal command — a spoon tinkling on a glass . |
| 4 | The authors put the materials together while they were all working at the University of Strathclyde , primarily on the Programme in Literary Linguistics . |
| 5 | We were all shooting at the crowds , as if the guns were not loaded , and only meant to frighten them . |
| 6 | They kept running into one another because they were all staring at the sky . |
| 7 | The audience were all staring at the stage — as though not daring to miss one moment . |
| 8 | For a moment they were both looking at the gold band on Emilia 's wedding-finger . |
| 9 | Sophie Mitchell , whose brothers Tim and Nick were both riding at the meeting , went to the Llangibby and won on Pernickety . |
| 10 | Doyle and the Harewoman were both staring at the boy . |
| 11 | But there was little understanding at the time of how much work was required to develop high-quality screenplays . |
| 12 | Susan had no sooner sat down than there was another knocking at the door . |
| 13 | And what was this squatting at the side of the road ? |
| 14 | Her father was busy looking at the Evening News , as he did every evening after tea . |