Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he spoke , he looked at Ludovico , who was furiously plucking at the strings of his racket and gazing at the ground . |
| 2 | John Heminges said they were dark , cruel plays , and that Will was only looking at the black side of people . |
| 3 | He followed her eyes but found she was only staring at a door . |
| 4 | But it was hard to scowl , she found , when her heart was suddenly skittering at the way the dark eyes were quite openly smiling as they continued to focus on her now lightly rising bosom . |
| 5 | But the local population was soon assembling at the stations to use the train for its own purposes . |
| 6 | The captain was already shouting at the sailors , and the ship was turning , turning to the west , away from the light . |
| 7 | They passed a counter above which hung trusses of pigeons , pheasants and other less identifiable but more disturbing birds ; Helen grabbed Edward 's arm to hurry him on but he was already gazing at a row of hares suspended by their feet from a rack . |
| 8 | The movement aggravated the sensations she was already experiencing at the contact with Travis 's warm body . |
| 9 | The Baron was already standing at the open front door . |
| 10 | Thoroughly alarmed by now , Control pondered what to do , but by the time they phoned Colwyn Bay No 1 box , the train was already standing at the platform , and started to move off . |
| 11 | Thessy was already waiting at the yard gate where our taxi thumped and quivered . |
| 12 | By that stage I was already working at the Canadian Embassy , and I let the staff buy some of the pictures from me , but again it was very cheaply . |
| 13 | Tuesday was the Music Exam which was not difficult as I was already working at the Theory of Music at the Royal College . |
| 14 | When Chuck crossed to the cook tent , carrying his rifle for the early start they planned for the final day , his father was already sitting at a table in the open , sipping a steaming mug of black coffee . |
| 15 | Bedford was already bursting at the seams with refugees of all kinds . |
| 16 | Yes , in fact I was just looking at a figure , a four million pound campaign in total is going to be launched , is it not , to persuade Britons to take holidays in their own country . |
| 17 | ‘ I was just looking at the place . |
| 18 | ‘ I was just looking at the scenery . ’ |
| 19 | By now I had forgotten Vauban and was surreptitiously staring at the two seated figures . |
| 20 | A year later Sharon was still living at the hostel and had managed to stay clear of drugs . |
| 21 | A survey by Hay Management Consultants estimates that boardroom pay in Britain was still rising at an annual rate of 10–14% in the last six months of 1990 , although profits had long been tumbling . |
| 22 | Miss Honey was still gazing at the child in absolute wonderment , as though she were The Creation , The Beginning Of The World , The First Morning . |
| 23 | Fairham was still gazing at the door . |
| 24 | Robert whirled round on his mother , suspecting her of some collusion with the child , but , with the wistful fondness of a woman who has finished with childbearing , Mrs Wilson was still gazing at the Twenty-fourth Imam of the Wimbledon Dharjees . |
| 25 | He was very discursive : his lectures on Augustine , the date of whose birth he was still discussing at the end of term , contrived to include a list of books on the law of tort . |
| 26 | Their argument a few days ago was still hovering at the back of her mind , still had the power , in fact , to make her cringe with shame , and it lent an edge of petulance to all her answers to his questions . |
| 27 | Some reports put this around 1880 , but others claim the mill was still operating at the turn of the 20th century . |
| 28 | He was still tugging at the branch . |
| 29 | He was still looking at the envelopes as they went into a sitting-room at the end of the passage . |
| 30 | John was still looking at the photograph . |