Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Poles were building beautifully at times , and one example engineered by Japek Ziober and Janusz Nawrocki ended with Robert Warzycha curling over a perfect cross from Dziekanowski . |
| 2 | Dane , co-pilot Steve Johnsone , 25 , winchman Paul Trethewy , 33 , and radar man Glenn Holmes , 35 , were recovering back at base last night . |
| 3 | Giant Hercules transport aircraft were touching down at Aldergrove Airport every few minutes . |
| 4 | The couple were walking home at midnight in February when Watson struck . |
| 5 | HUNDREDS of people were checking in at New York 's JFK airport , but one face stood out from the crowd . |
| 6 | It was as if you were swimming out at sea with a piece of string tied round your middle attached to someone on the shore . |
| 7 | The wolves were howling closer at hand . |
| 8 | The anti-terrorist branch were looking hard at MacQuillan 's political life , but Wickham knew someone who would certainly be able to tell him about the dead man 's business life . |
| 9 | P. P. Sometimes , when we were going in at night , when it was wet , we would try and put a mac on and slip down to A Division parade room — hang the mac up quick and dive into your coat . |
| 10 | None of the sixty-five racers were holding back at Fairford . |
| 11 | We were staying overnight at Blackburn bothy , which is set in a small wood with a stream wending through it . |
| 12 | Other market-makers were buying only at 360p . |
| 13 | ‘ James and Catherine were doing well at school and had their whole lives in front of them . |
| 14 | They were standing up at UFO and saying : ‘ This is fucking rubbish , people are being killed in Vietnam ’ , and some people would say ‘ It 's all in your head man ’ . |
| 15 | On this occasion we were sitting late at night in a small park somewhere in Madrid . |
| 16 | But I think that you were working then at Ipswich , I thought you were just at Needham . |
| 17 | He was lashing away at balls on the practice ground . |
| 18 | The trees shook , even the ground beneath me shook , as I suddenly realised that a salvo of heavy shells was passing over at tree height , and everyone — including the prisoners — scattered in the direction of the dug-outs ; the salvo hit the ground a short distance away with an almighty roar , the explosions throwing debris over a wide area . |
| 19 | Johnson , who was looking askance at Miss Beresford 's occupational therapy , said , ‘ In the scale of insignificance , I think knotting is to be reckoned next to mere idleness — ; though I once attempted to learn knotting … but I made no progress . ’ ) |
| 20 | Because Duvall had risen to his feet and was looking hard at Jimmy , nodding his head . |
| 21 | The Queen was looking hard at Alice . |
| 22 | Outside , Goldman was looking down at Schmidt as if he were standing on a cliff 's edge and peering at the drop . |
| 23 | It was late and I was looking down at Chung Kuo , wondering what lay ahead . |
| 24 | She expected to see him gazing at Comfort with the admiration she deserved , but in fact he was looking down at Julia . |
| 25 | Cardiff could see that Rohmer was looking back at Gilbert , almost hopefully . |
| 26 | He was standing by his desk , his arms circling the waist of an extraordinarily beautiful dark-haired girl , who was looking back at Lisa in surprise across his shoulder . |
| 27 | She was looking directly at Coffin now , but was not seeing him . |
| 28 | He was looking directly at Bridges , but Bridges looked imperturbably back , and after a few moments of heavy silence Kegan coughed and returned to the paper in his hand . |
| 29 | And on Monday she came over here and had a quick lunch with me because Mrs Brissett was cleaning over at Ivy Cottage . |
| 30 | After a year or two I was nipping out at lunchtime to pick up a new skirt for the office party , calling at the dry cleaners , handing in the photos to be developed and meeting friends for lunch with the best of them . |