Example sentences of "she was [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She started to brush it off , then realised she was looking at a battered Ten Pound note . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | Over his shoulder she was looking at the derelict house . |
| 6 | She was picking at a loose cotton in the hem of her smock . |
| 7 | She was pointing at a massive crane inching its way down Heymouth Brae . |
| 8 | she , she was baptised at the same time as I was , you know , er , the same day , Manchester assembly , that was nineteen seventy four seventy five no , seventy four , yeah |
| 9 | Ruth wondered if she was gazing at the dark whiskers which sprouted on her chin and made her so appropriately , though unfortunately , named . |
| 10 | The first sighting of Filden I by Venturous was in a position six miles off Dunkirk from where she was shadowed at a discreet distance with radio reports of her movements being sent at regular intervals by Venturous to the shore watchers in the vicinity of North Foreland . |
| 11 | She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies ' College , Ormond College , and Melbourne University , where she studied philosophy and history ( BA 1903 ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She climbed up again , then ran along the shoreline until she was standing at the nearest point to it . |
| 14 | She was standing at the far end of the room , waiting for him . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Her picture of God ( which came from experiences in the past ) was so distorted that without realizing it she was believing a grotesque caricature of God which for sanity 's sake she was forced at the same time to doubt . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She was working at the old people 's home , just up the road — ’ |
| 19 | Gail , 41 , who met Ian when she was working at the American Hospital in Beirut , grew up nearby . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Five minutes later she was sitting at a small table at the back of the dining-room , hidden from but within full hearing of the noisy bar . |
| 22 | She was sitting at a littered table with two noisy West Indians in colourful pullovers and a jaded , almost middle-aged fat lady with a fur coat . |
| 23 | When he entered , she was sitting at the big table . |