Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In particular , I was looking at the environmental regulations and how [ or even if ] they are enforced . |
| 2 | The statement was unnecessary , since I was looking at the forward preceptor screens , which showed a silvery shimmer like visible white noise . |
| 3 | I can see that perhaps if they want to have a er they may feel they need to stray into other boundaries but I did feel that when I read what Huntingdon district council proposed which was if you like , to completely re-drawing the electoral map for the entire county I was n't actually looking at something that was designed to deal with the interests of the citizens of Huntingdon district council , I was looking at the straightforward political proposal which would be far better to come from a political party than from a district council . |
| 4 | No I was looking at the other one . |
| 5 | Now I was looking at the other fella a strong comparison , I was mixing him up with I |
| 6 | I was trembling at the unexpected sight of him , and could not control my voice , so I approached in silence . |
| 7 | I was stopped at the horse-car entrance by a locked door and , in response to my repeated knocking , by a determined female who told me I was n't welcome . |
| 8 | Finally I was enrolled at the Royal College of Physicians . |
| 9 | I did [ think of myself as a cabbage ] when I was living at the other place doing all that washing by hand … |
| 10 | All the circumstances of the last charge brought against me point to the probability that I was arrested at the urgent instance of the Home Office . |
| 11 | I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke . |
| 12 | ( I have to say I was n't in the room with him thought I was working at the Daily Mail at the time . ) |
| 13 | I was working at the Open University as Pro-Vice-Chancellor in charge of student affairs . |
| 14 | Now I was standing at the closed door listening to his absence . |
| 15 | You were staying at the Imperial when I phoned you to set up the interview last week . |
| 16 | Ten minutes later in the gymnasium downstairs Lee reflected that if she threw one of the dumb-bells she was using at the wall-sized mirror and it shattered into a hundred pieces around a central trauma , she would wake herself up and everybody around her and get into the local papers . |
| 17 | For the first time in her life she felt as if the veil had been stripped from her idol and she was looking at the real person who hid away inside a beautiful body , seeing her through the eyes of others who had no family love for her to colour what they saw . |
| 18 | ‘ Passed up a couple of total certs to come to your bloody bun-fight , ’ she complained , though she was looking at the poor child all the time , with her eyes half-closed and tossing her head so the sockets would catch the light . |
| 19 | Over his shoulder she was looking at the derelict house . |
| 20 | Ruth wondered if she was gazing at the dark whiskers which sprouted on her chin and made her so appropriately , though unfortunately , named . |
| 21 | She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies ' College , Ormond College , and Melbourne University , where she studied philosophy and history ( BA 1903 ) . |
| 22 | She was staring at the far wall of the small room , which was completely covered in postcards and photogravure cards from just about every city in Europe . |
| 23 | She was standing at the far end of the room , waiting for him . |
| 24 | She was standing at the front edge of the stage with the microphone hanging from one limp hand by the outside of her right thigh . |
| 25 | She was studying at the Royal College of Music when she moved into Coleherne Court with Diana , and then went on to become an opera singer , pausing only recently to have a couple of children . |
| 26 | She was working at the old people 's home , just up the road — ’ |
| 27 | Gail , 41 , who met Ian when she was working at the American Hospital in Beirut , grew up nearby . |
| 28 | She was smiling at the old woman in the window ; she nodded to Melissa as she climbed the two or three stone steps leading to the house . |
| 29 | When he entered , she was sitting at the big table . |
| 30 | The right hon. Gentleman said that the previous set of talks had concluded , and that we were looking at the new basis for talks . |