Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sun was streaming in at the windows of her room . |
| 2 | The boy was going on at length with apparent fluency . |
| 3 | The judge was summing up at the end of the Old Bailey trial of PC Peter Anderson , 41 , based at Surbiton police station in Surrey , who is accused of raping the woman on 4 April last year . |
| 4 | The girl was staring up at the two of us , wondering what was going on . |
| 5 | Once the left engine was turning over at 45 per cent , he switched on the right engine , using the live engine 's generator to save the battery . |
| 6 | Significantly , it was written one night when Cash was sitting around at home with the likes of Bob Dylan , Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash . |
| 7 | Carrie was eager to tell her mother how business was picking up at the dining rooms but she was interrupted by footsteps on the stairs outside and a key being inserted in the lock . |
| 8 | Being a rebel in Taibach 's mining and chapel community was coming in at 1O.50 when you had promised to be in by 1O.15 . |
| 9 | Bacci and the Marshal were staring in at the uncurtained window below the steps that led to the front door . |
| 10 | It is a replacement , we were losing that money erm because the , the water meter was going round at a pound an hour . |
| 11 | ( The fact that a huge lorry was passing by at that time must have been coincidental , I 'm sure . ) |
| 12 | His father was pointing down at the rocks . |
| 13 | She raised her hand to hail a cab but the Paris traffic was zooming by at its usual break-neck pace . |
| 14 | Shouting was necessary , for it happened that a high-speed train was rushing by at just that moment on a main line to the east coast . |
| 15 | well we had in the bank , we had calor gas lamps and when the power cut came we had to have the calor gas lamps on , and er , at night you 'd get home and you knew what area was going off at what time and you used to have to rush round , I remember once , it was going off about six and it went off early , it went off about five instead , and I 'd started cooking the tea , luckily got a gas cooker and this was at Abbott Road , it started |
| 16 | erm But certain headlands and certain soft parts of the cliff were going back at more than a metre a year . |
| 17 | Meanwhile behind him John Thorne was desperately trying to provide some company , for Spartan Missile was running on at a tremendous rate . |
| 18 | She heard voices from behind the door ; then it opened and a tall burly man was looking down at her . |
| 19 | Almost immediately it became clear that the river was kicking back at the abuse it was receiving . |
| 20 | Starke was looking up at him ; " Mr Grout ? " |
| 21 | ‘ The pilot was looking up at us and started waving . |
| 22 | At the beginning of the thirties it must have seemed as if the world was opening up at an astonishing rate , but by the end of the decade it had closed to all but those on active military service . |
| 23 | Not only did the train travel fast , it spread fast and soon the world was opening up at a pace not previously imagined . |
| 24 | That grievous bodily harm thing was coming up at a special court this morning , but that ought to be all wrapped up in half an hour . |
| 25 | Congress was banking on at least 12 seats here , but most observers think they will be lucky to get 10 . |
| 26 | They chattered until Sally realised the bus was pulling up at her stop . |
| 27 | But with the industry in recession , and record sales dropping , the hitherto dependable cashflow was trickling down at an alarming rate . |
| 28 | The dandelion quiche was curling up at the edges and the semolina pudding congealed into a wodge you could use as Polyfilla . |
| 29 | He looked wild-eyed , and his hair was sticking up at all angles . |
| 30 | A chap with short brown hair was smiling down at me . |