Example sentences of "[being] [verb] at [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | But perhaps it was n't as bad as it looked , and in any case one could n't go on sitting here , being stared at by the whole of St Petrock's-on-Sea while Chignell waved smelling salts under one 's nose . |
2 | Meeting Steve the stamp man from Surbiton or Billy from the back of beyond or travelling around attending street parties and generally being gawped at by the Press and the populace is not my idea of whooping it up . |
3 | The A-level is also being looked at by the School Examinations and Assessment Council , but ideas are in still in the very early stages . |
4 | On leaving the Service in August 1935 he spent several months looking around and also being looked at by the family of the lovely Ly , his Swiss wife , a scrutiny which was reciprocated when Ly had in turn , to be looked at by the swarm of Bennetts in Brisbane , Australia . |
5 | That the audition process was one that examined you totally — your private behaviour as well as your theatrical ability , the two feeding into each other to find a way to suit the requirements of the part and the particular aspects that were being looked at by the director , Michael Blakemore . |
6 | Nothing unusual there ; comedians are used to being shouted at by the audience . |