Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roebuck added the conversion , and the Aussies were coasting 19–0 at the interval . |
| 2 | Because we were doing that at the beginning of the week , a scare , you could actually get |
| 3 | As we were standing still at the frontier — you know , nonchalant , nervous , not showing it — the compartment door opens and who should walk in ? |
| 4 | Hawkins was standing at the top where he 'd climbed from the ladder and was gazing nonplussed at the strange scarecrow on the floor . |
| 5 | Her mother was becoming suspicious at the amount of time she spent in her room , but Lizzie had told her everyone liked to be on their own at times . |
| 6 | She also was looking brave at the prospect of three weeks in the summer without their regular Thursday table at the ‘ Dolce Vita ’ near his office in the City . |
| 7 | Later , when he was lying ill at the Brompton Hospital , Pat went to visit him . |
| 8 | The magazine was lying open at the property advertisements , among which was a photograph of a lawn , and a cedar tree on it with a shadow , and a squarish house in the background to show the purpose of the lawn . |
| 9 | He was going bald at the front , she noticed . |
| 10 | He was quite old , Carrie decided , looking at the creases in his pink , cushiony cheeks and the way his hair was going thin at the sides . |
| 11 | was turning brown at the edges . |
| 12 | He was sitting right at the edge of the big brown chair . |
| 13 | Catching sight of Philippe Bonard , who had uncharacteristically detached himself from his students and was standing alone at the far end of the terrace , she went over to him . |
| 14 | and erm I was feeling ill at the time and I , I wondered why because he 'd been through so much suffering , you know , it was a happy release . |