Example sentences of "was [verb] at [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1953 he was placed at his own request on the Academy 's retired list . |
| 2 | As the two British scientists wrote their reports through the night , Sam Somerville was received at her own request by the committee in the Situation Room beneath the West Wing . |
| 3 | He was gazing at her left cheekbone , though , and absently swatting the air . |
| 4 | Charlotte was gazing at its aimless explosion of colour when her hostess returned , still smiling broadly , and extended a hand in formal greeting . |
| 5 | Niyazov had been leader of the republican Communist Party until it was dissolved at its 25th Congress on Dec. 16 , 1991 , and then became leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Turkmenistan . |
| 6 | Regina , younger and less assertive than Herta , was visited at her foster home by an RCM worker : |
| 7 | He was looking at her this time , directly into her eyes , and in the twilight she felt her pulses begin to race , and she thought , Oh , my God , I 'm really attracted to this man . |
| 8 | Was he being paranoid to imagine that she was looking at her fellow switchboard operators , rolling her eyes , one hand over the receiver , saying , ‘ It 's him ! |
| 9 | One day when she was looking at her pretty face in the mirror , she thought of another date , even more important — her own death . |
| 10 | I was looking at it other day . |
| 11 | He was discovered by his father , who at first did n't realise he was looking at his own son . |
| 12 | And he was looking at his own face . |
| 13 | He was buried at his own request , in Glasgow . |
| 14 | Although Mr Cross was perturbed at his strange encounter , he dismissed his consternation and decided that she must have been a village girl who had watched the train and then returned home . |
| 15 | She told Susan Coltman the friendship had started while Paula was living with her parents and Gilfoyle was staying at their new home in Grafton Drive , Upton , as it was being renovated . |
| 16 | She told Susan Coltman the friendship had started while Paula was living with her parents and Gilfoyle was staying at their new home in Grafton Drive , Upton , as it was being renovated . |
| 17 | Oh , hell , he was staring at her left breast and his eyes were glittering . |
| 18 | She knew someone 's shaking hands were on Damian 's tie , pulling it loose , pushing his dark blue jacket to the floor , but they could n't be her hands — she would n't do such a thing ; and as their hoarse breathing mingled further she realised his shirt was completely unbuttoned and that she was staring at his bare chest and it was exactly as she had known it would be . |
| 19 | Canon Wheeler was seated at his enormous desk in front of the ghastly picture of Marsyas . |
| 20 | The apothecary was sitting at his small desk under the open window but rose , laughing and clapping his hands as he recognised Corbett . |
| 21 | And I was sitting at his right hand . |
| 22 | In all cases not so far defined the pixel was left at its previous value . |
| 23 | The Ipswich equaliser came following a disputed corner , but Dalglish 's fury was directed at his own defence rather than the match official . |
| 24 | He was tugging at his lower lip and walking slowly round Gabriel . |
| 25 | By a stroke of good fortune Ninian was earning at its maximum rate when much of the rest of ICI was suffering severe competitive pressures from exchange rate movements . |
| 26 | She was mystified at her shattered composure . |
| 27 | Broadly speaking , since M s fixed P , and since was determined at its full employment value , , through the forces of competition in the labour market , the equilibrium value of W could be ascertained . |
| 28 | They climbed on the furniture , threw toys around , never did as they were told , and Mary felt that she was screaming at them all day to be quiet and leave her alone . |
| 29 | Like all his books until Prancing Nigger ( 1924 ) , it was published at his own expense and to negligible acclaim . |
| 30 | He was smiling at her mystified look and suddenly he whispered , ‘ Maggie . ’ |