Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] her at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |
| 2 | She stared at the book-filled wall above the desk , then turned back , seeing how he was looking past her at the same spot . |
| 3 | Jonadab was waiting for her at the stair bottom . |
| 4 | Uncle Alfred was waiting for her at the entrance to the nest when she arrived . |
| 5 | The manager was waiting for her at the desk , deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon . |
| 6 | Luke was waiting for her at the bottom of the staircase , fifteen minutes later , looking — surprise , surprise ! — extremely impatient . |
| 7 | Fernando was waiting for her at the kerbside , leaning against his white convertible Mercedes . |
| 8 | She clenched her jaw to kill the sultry languor that was stealing over her at the sight of his thick lashes lying in two black arcs on his gilded cheekbones . |
| 9 | Jack was standing beside her at the time filling in notes , and she quickly jotted down the address and the scant details they were offered , and turned to him . |