Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [v-ing] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was out of 329 volumes which were left after 150 titles were reported missing at the time of the 1865 review . |
| 2 | THE Dallas Cowboys were left raging at a refereeing decision which could eventually cost them a place in the Super Bowl . |
| 3 | ‘ The joy was therefore extreme ’ wrote Scott later , ‘ when , the ponderous lid of the chest being forced open , the regalia were discovered lying at the bottom covered with linen cloths , exactly as they had been left . ’ |
| 4 | Oh , no ; whatever it was wanted to introduce itself at some stage , because one night she was lying staring at the dark when it seemed as though her head simply filled out into a large horizon . |
| 5 | She was found wandering at a golf course , near Stockport , Cheshire , on Monday . |
| 6 | Jim Eggleton , who was seventy , was found lying at the foot of the stairs of his council home in Russells Water , near Nettlebed … |
| 7 | And most of that 14 days was spent travelling at the foot of the mountains . |
| 8 | Graham was left frowning at the door , wondering exactly what she meant . |
| 9 | The middle section parted company next , landing neatly between two branches , and Mother was left staring at the tip section , contemplating disaster . |
| 10 | But one was left wondering at the decision to commit time , money and talent to this dingy piece of hokum . |
| 11 | JOHN Dunlop was left marvelling at the difference a day makes when Eurolink Thunder and Captain Horatius doubled up for him at Kempton yesterday . |
| 12 | Alice was standing working at the table , wearing her long fawn smock . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , do hurry , ’ said Zach who was standing waiting at the door . |