Example sentences of "was [v-ing] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheila and Mona were writing at side tables ; Michael was kneeling at the big armchair , a book between his elbows , as if in prayer , a position he sometimes used for studying . |
| 2 | Ten minutes later in the gymnasium downstairs Lee reflected that if she threw one of the dumb-bells she was using at the wall-sized mirror and it shattered into a hundred pieces around a central trauma , she would wake herself up and everybody around her and get into the local papers . |
| 3 | Her head , which was rotating at a different speed and a contrary motion to her brushing arm , reminded him of a duck in a shooting gallery . |
| 4 | Caspar was sniffing at the dead magpie . |
| 5 | And sometimes — ’ She looked away from Ben towards the corner of the room where a picture was hanging at a slight angle , and her head moved to one side as if to see it better . |
| 6 | On the way out , a policeman told him about the tragedy that was unfolding at the far end of the ground . |
| 7 | Although I was walking at a normal pace the impact stunned me . |
| 8 | A faint smile crossed Lancaster 's face , as though he was laughing at a cruel joke in dubious taste . |
| 9 | I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke . |
| 10 | Mr. Lorrimer 's voice , frail and querulous , was bleating at the other end . |
| 11 | Having released Gary , Nails was swimming at a phenomenal speed after another victim . |
| 12 | I did [ think of myself as a cabbage ] when I was living at the other place doing all that washing by hand … |
| 13 | She was picking at a loose cotton in the hem of her smock . |
| 14 | Woolley was looking at a large-scale map , and drinking Guinness . |
| 15 | He was looking at a beautiful textbook about racehorses that Arthur had laid out on the floor . |
| 16 | The Department of the Environment said it was looking at the legal position of local authorities wanting to control parties . |
| 17 | ‘ Passed up a couple of total certs to come to your bloody bun-fight , ’ she complained , though she was looking at the poor child all the time , with her eyes half-closed and tossing her head so the sockets would catch the light . |
| 18 | Now I was looking at the other fella a strong comparison , I was mixing him up with I |
| 19 | The statement was unnecessary , since I was looking at the forward preceptor screens , which showed a silvery shimmer like visible white noise . |
| 20 | A graphics display screen could be used to switch rapidly from one map to another ; this would have the advantage of economy ( in that costly high-quality paper maps would not be needed by each participant ) and would be one way of ensuring that everyone was looking at the right map at any particular time . |
| 21 | For the first time in her life she felt as if the veil had been stripped from her idol and she was looking at the real person who hid away inside a beautiful body , seeing her through the eyes of others who had no family love for her to colour what they saw . |
| 22 | Though he did not know it , and never would , he was looking at the blazing jet-pipe of Colonel Bowers ' F-15 Eagle as both men raced on different missions towards the British capital , neither man knowing what it was he carried . |
| 23 | Maggie was looking at the corporal standing at the other side of the counter as she said , ‘ Sorry , no sandwiches left ; only wads , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 24 | Biff was looking at the brutal contraption rather more dubiously . |
| 25 | The senator was looking at the sun-reflecting sea . |
| 26 | They radioed that , at the Bunbeg bus turn-about and taxi stand on the Glen Road , they had seen a man with a revolver accompanied by two other men , one of whom was looking at the nearby mountain through binoculars . |
| 27 | Over his shoulder she was looking at the derelict house . |
| 28 | I was trembling at the unexpected sight of him , and could not control my voice , so I approached in silence . |
| 29 | If the National Health Service Management Executive was to tackle this issue it might find that it was pushing at an open door . |
| 30 | Last night the motor industry was rejoicing at the unexpected cut . |