Example sentences of "was [verb] at it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Collector had pulled a grey handkerchief from his pocket to mop his brow and was gazing at it with pleasure , thinking again that he was a simple man at heart . |
| 2 | There was something that seemed very easy for lots of these people , and I was looking at it as somebody who did n't feel quite so easy about what they were doing . |
| 3 | The point is that many an insect was saved by an exceedingly slight resemblance to a twig or a leaf or a fall of dung , on occasions when it was far away from a predator , or on occasions when the predator was looking at it at dusk , or looking at it through a fog , or looking at it while distracted by a receptive female . |
| 4 | I 've got your red book here cos I was looking at it at the weekend . |
| 5 | The nomes craned and tried to climb on one another 's shoulders to look at it , and none of them knew what it was except for Grimma , who was staring at it with a strange quiet smile on her face . |
| 6 | Ben had stood up , facing it , and was staring at it in his usual intent manner . |