Example sentences of "were [det] [v-ing] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And they were all haemorrhaging at the back .
2 He was saying , ‘ Now we 'll go over to the bees , ’ and he went over and they were all lying at the bottom .
3 The authors put the materials together while they were all working at the University of Strathclyde , primarily on the Programme in Literary Linguistics .
4 We were all shooting at the crowds , as if the guns were not loaded , and only meant to frighten them .
5 They kept running into one another because they were all staring at the sky .
6 The audience were all staring at the stage — as though not daring to miss one moment .
7 For a moment they were both looking at the gold band on Emilia 's wedding-finger .
8 Sophie Mitchell , whose brothers Tim and Nick were both riding at the meeting , went to the Llangibby and won on Pernickety .
9 Doyle and the Harewoman were both staring at the boy .
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