Example sentences of "[was/were] [det] [v-ing] at the [noun sg] " 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 | The authors put the materials together while they were all working at the University of Strathclyde , primarily on the Programme in Literary Linguistics . |
| 4 | They kept running into one another because they were all staring at the sky . |
| 5 | The audience were all staring at the stage — as though not daring to miss one moment . |
| 6 | For a moment they were both looking at the gold band on Emilia 's wedding-finger . |
| 7 | Sophie Mitchell , whose brothers Tim and Nick were both riding at the meeting , went to the Llangibby and won on Pernickety . |
| 8 | Doyle and the Harewoman were both staring at the boy . |
| 9 | But there was little understanding at the time of how much work was required to develop high-quality screenplays . |
| 10 | Susan had no sooner sat down than there was another knocking at the door . |
| 11 | And what was this squatting at the side of the road ? |