Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It happened to me when I was sort of looking at some sort of electronic engineering that I was n't supposed to be doing I was just looking at it for interest like Well I 'd like to have the time to spend on that but I 'll leave that thank you very much . |
| 2 | ‘ I was just looking at you against the lights of the city , ’ she says . |
| 3 | She looked at Dodger inquiringly and back at me , but Dodger was just staring at me with her head on one side and drop dead in her eyes She was n't doing introductions . |
| 4 | He was still gazing at her across the warm fog of the coffee bar . |
| 5 | I was disappointed at this and was afraid she was still vexed at me for bringing Frankie . |
| 6 | Luke was still staring at her as if she had gone mad . |
| 7 | Luke was still staring at her as if expecting a rabbit to emerge from her sleeve at any moment . |
| 8 | ‘ I see , ’ he said with a quick look at the clerk , who was now staring at them with both eyes well open . |
| 9 | He was simply laughing at her in that condescending way he had . |
| 10 | The rumour is one of the caretakers was happily waving at them for 5 minutes before somebody told him they were n't real . |