Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [v-ing] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In pursuing their administrative and legislative strategies , the Reaganites were not fiddling at the margin or tinkering with the status quo . |
| 2 | In a statement tonight , the Hunt said the hounds were not hunting at the time of incident and were not out of control . |
| 3 | They 're gon na go in through that door the second it goes down , they were n't loitering at the end of the passage , they were right by the door were n't they ? |
| 4 | We were n't looking at the time . |
| 5 | Mr Spencer added : ‘ They were n't filming at the time of the incident . |
| 6 | I belatedly realized I was not looking at a reproduction . |
| 7 | One can therefore presume that he was not looking at the landscape as scenery but as habitat . |
| 8 | There were no regulations to prevent people from walking up the Balmoral side of the mountain when the Queen was not staying at the castle , and Richard had chosen a long ascent from the Balmoral side for the sake of privacy . |
| 9 | Dexter was sure the TV reporter 's motive for leaving the room was more to check the nanny was not listening at the keyhole than a raging thirst . |
| 10 | He might be pretentious in other ways , but he was not posing at the keyboard . |
| 11 | He was not sitting at a piano . |
| 12 | She did not regularly use tampons and was not menstruating at the time of admission . |
| 13 | On the day of her accident Sarah was not working at the mine , and this poses the problem of why she was there . |
| 14 | ‘ Anyway ah was n't lookin' at the corpse , ah was watching TV . |
| 15 | ’ I was n't looking at the driver , ’ I said . |
| 16 | Confounded by this reply , Oscar looked across at the other man to see that he was n't looking at the stars at all , but was still busying himself with the body . |
| 17 | Miss Harker was n't looking at the board . |
| 18 | Make sure the wind or the frost was n't getting at the roots . |
| 19 | He was like as close as that and he was really staring and he was n't staring at the road cos as I went on a few feet he stared at the car again . |
| 20 | Directly in front of the door was a small ornamental pool , with a fountain , although , naturally , it was n't playing at the moment . |
| 21 | I was n't laughing at the time , though , I can tell you , because the more I dug down , the more I was digging up ! |