Example sentences of "she was [v-ing] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a full minute before she realised that she was looking at a reflection of herself in the polished metal shield that Simon had propped against a tree to protect her from any stray arrows . |
| 2 | A minute later her head was as high as the tallest tree in the wood , and she was looking at a sea of green leaves . |
| 3 | She was looking at a man in an evening clothe . |
| 4 | She had n't thought she would understand what Fand meant ; but after only a moment the sense came to her that she was looking at a prisoner — at someone captive , helpless . |
| 5 | She was looking at a picture of Miss Rosalie Ray , a very beautiful young woman . |
| 6 | Succeeding flights opened up to her view and then she was looking at the lobby . |
| 7 | She was looking at the gentleman , and he was looking at her now and as he inclined his head he said , ‘ Thank you for your service . ’ |
| 8 | Rory worked out she was looking at the door he was crouched behind . |
| 9 | Her face brightened , she was looking at the door . |
| 10 | Oh , dear me ! ’ — she was looking at the casserole dish — ‘ stewed mutton and dumplings . |
| 11 | During the few moments in which she paused in her ascent to the church she reflected that now she was looking at the view the other way round ; now she was in one of the overcrowded little alleys visible from San Martino as merely a crack in a vast expanse of roof tiles and crumbling masonry and noticeable from that lofty vantage point because of the fluttering of the washing hung out on poles over the street to dry . |
| 12 | Harriet glanced at Meredith and saw that she was looking at the picture . |
| 13 | She was speaking at a conference looking at problems facing the countryside . |
| 14 | She was speaking at the home of Sergeant Major Cross 's parents , Arthur and Joy , in Little Hulton , near Bolton , Greater Manchester . |
| 15 | She was speaking at the launch of this year 's Royal British Legion poppy appeal in Southampton . |
| 16 | She was speaking at the launch of Opportunity 2000 at the Ulster Bank 's offices in Donegall Place . |
| 17 | She was speaking at the end of the inquiry into the death of Jean Cook , of Bridgecastle Road , Armadale , who fell out of bed in hospital twice within seven hours in March last year . |
| 18 | In general she was functioning at an 18-month to 2-year level . |
| 19 | Wearing jeans and a blue shirt , she was tugging at a filing cabinet which was too large for her to embrace and which was threatening to over-balance on her . |
| 20 | You see , she was wandering at the time . ’ |
| 21 | She was picking at a leaf-taking the green out to leave a filigree of veins . |
| 22 | But inside she was cringing at the memory of that appalling evening at the Grand Hotel . |
| 23 | A female dealer at Tudorbury Securities felt the hand of chief executive Roderick Alexander Innes Hamilton , affectionately known as RAI , sidling over her bottom as she was queuing at the SEAQ screen . |
| 24 | The inevitability of the next step in her relationship with Jack faded into insignificance compared with the sheer terror she was experiencing at the thought of going on his bike . |
| 25 | Caron wrote it in the aftermath of the '92 riots in LA where she was living at the time . |
| 26 | He became very confused and it was suggested that the squadron would like something which she was wearing at the time . |
| 27 | He remembered what she was wearing at the disco on Saturday : a slippery , silver sort of dress that flowed around her body like oil . |
| 28 | When she announced she was leaving at the end of the term , I felt this to be the final betrayal , although I could not blame her , even then . |
| 29 | She was pointing at a recess scraped in the soft earth and pine needles . |
| 30 | She was staying at the Rest House . |