Example sentences of "was [v-ing] at the [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In June 1980 , Buster 's gonads had n't grown , Roger Mellie was still an eager trainee at the telly , Sid the sexist was leering at the dinner ladies in junior school and Mrs. Grady was n't such an old lady . |
| 2 | There was no immediate sign of an answer , but after Creggan had given up any hope of a reply and was looking at the path lights beginning to come on in the Park outside the Zoo there was a subtle shift of talons in Slorne 's cage , a gentle shift of wings , the swiftest of meek glances , and Creggan , too late to catch the look full on , yet sensed that in her mute way Slorne was saying ‘ Yes , oh yes , you were right to predict her return ’ This knowledge that another eagle there believed his prediction had been right gave Creggan comfort in those first weeks in the Cages . |
| 3 | It will be interesting to know how the wha how the minister proposes to define er materials er material significance , er who will issue guidance on that point er will it be the professional associations , is it something that the government is going to turn it 's mind to and what is , what does it actually mean er for example if the auditor was looking at the Maxwell accounts er what what is a matter of material er er er significance , er for example would it be materially significant that just about every one er er who you spoke to at the time thought that Maxwell was a crook although interestingly that was n't er apparently the view of the regulator or that are directly responsible for these matters , er but even before Maxwell was exposed for the the crook that he was er many , many people knew from him that his conduct , er the way his conducted himself , the D T I itself of course had said that he was a a a manifestly unsuitable person er to be in charge of a company . |
| 4 | He was staring at the twin beds . |
| 5 | Then she was standing at the church gates and looking down Lyra Street ; looking , but not understanding . |
| 6 | While Dustin was appearing in his first lead role on Broadway , he was filming at the Biograph Studios in darkest Bronx , thirty minutes by limo ( laid on nightly by Twentieth Century-Fox ) from the Great White Way . |