Example sentences of "he was [adv] [v-ing] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They passed a counter above which hung trusses of pigeons , pheasants and other less identifiable but more disturbing birds ; Helen grabbed Edward 's arm to hurry him on but he was already gazing at a row of hares suspended by their feet from a rack . |
| 2 | Instead of breathing heavily into her new hair-style and biting her ear lobe he was now staring at an advert for deodorant with a grim expression . |
| 3 | He was still tugging at the branch . |
| 4 | He was very discursive : his lectures on Augustine , the date of whose birth he was still discussing at the end of term , contrived to include a list of books on the law of tort . |
| 5 | He was still looking at the envelopes as they went into a sitting-room at the end of the passage . |
| 6 | we went to Trafalgar Square and we stopped to look at the pigeons and we 'd moved on and I , I suddenly realised I had n't got Vicky with me , so I looked all round , could n't see him , had to go right back to Trafalgar Square and he was still looking at the pigeons |