Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another few totters and another series of hasty hoppity-skips , and they were looking down at a ramshackle wooden building which sat in a hollow among yellow bushes of gorse . |
| 2 | They were looking down at the new Japanese car factory , Sakata , which had just opened in Humberside . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | He passed Caballeros and Bugner as they were holing out at the 15th and driving at the short 16th . |
| 6 | Noses to the ground , the dogs were coming on at an fast , distance-consuming lope . |
| 7 | Less than 36 hours after the discovery of the body , facts were coming in at a fair rate , though it was still not possible to decide which were relevant and which not . |
| 8 | The road was deserted and we were throbbing along at a moderate pace when suddenly the engine sputtered and stopped . |
| 9 | Bacci and the Marshal were staring in at the uncurtained window below the steps that led to the front door . |
| 10 | Carry the Lecfile with you , containing perhaps two or three of the last sheets that you were working on at the previous lecture . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She was looking down at the two children , her face animated as she turned the page of the book on her lap . |
| 13 | It must have been an automatic reaction because he was looking down at the motionless figure and shouting , ‘ Harriet ! ’ |
| 14 | Chris was looking back at a colourful four-wheeled cart drawn by two tasselled horses . |
| 15 | I was able to meet some of the leading Indian academic figures in English and Linguistics , and at the same time to find out what was going on at the lower levels of teaching in Universities and affiliated Colleges . |
| 16 | His natural caution kept him on the political sidelines , although he was well placed to know what was going on at the highest level , as the ‘ Historia Roffensis ’ , written by a clerk in his entourage , demonstrates . |
| 17 | Jarvis , who was getting out at the next station , asked where they would be the following night ; the man who said his name was Jed Lowrie told him the Metropolitan , the Hammersmith Line . |
| 18 | That grievous bodily harm thing was coming up at a special court this morning , but that ought to be all wrapped up in half an hour . |
| 19 | Eva was coming in at a high spot of the Army 's history . |
| 20 | Meanwhile behind him John Thorne was desperately trying to provide some company , for Spartan Missile was running on at a tremendous rate . |
| 21 | The girl was staring up at the two of us , wondering what was going on . |
| 22 | She turned around , groping for the door-handle , and saw he was staring up at the small terraced house with interest . |
| 23 | She was staring down at the undulating ground . |
| 24 | He was staring out at the great dark sweep of the Edge , above the dale . |
| 25 | It was standing up at a crazy angle out of a mass of ferns . |
| 26 | But with the industry in recession , and record sales dropping , the hitherto dependable cashflow was trickling down at an alarming rate . |