Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | They were looking down at the new Japanese car factory , Sakata , which had just opened in Humberside . |
2 | He passed Caballeros and Bugner as they were holing out at the 15th and driving at the short 16th . |
3 | At the time when both troupes were staying together at the English Girls ' Club in Paris , although the Johns were convinced there was a rule that they should not mix , it never entered the others ' heads . |
4 | She turned to find that the Doctor , Francis and Elaine had followed her , and were staring glumly at the fourfold choice of paths . |
5 | Bacci and the Marshal were staring in at the uncurtained window below the steps that led to the front door . |
6 | They were standing together at the very edge of the platform on which the morning room was constructed . |
7 | Carry the Lecfile with you , containing perhaps two or three of the last sheets that you were working on at the previous lecture . |