Example sentences of "was [v-ing] at an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Hobbs was lying at an angle to the car , her head under the chassis , her body stretched across the road . |
| 2 | First , spending on residential care in private sector homes for elderly people through the social security budget was rising at an exponential rate and was to all intents and purposes out of control , being demand led . |
| 3 | He was sitting at an angle which allowed him to watch the door . |
| 4 | A firm , insistent hand between my shoulder-blades pushed me further into the room ; my feet moved , but my body refused to follow and I realised I was standing at an angle . |
| 5 | In general she was functioning at an 18-month to 2-year level . |
| 6 | It was taken in 1902 , when he was working at an engineering factory in West London . |
| 7 | In July 1988 William , 52 , was working at an engineering firm when the motor from an overhead crane toppled on to him , fracturing his skull , damaging his neck and breaking his collar-bone . |
| 8 | The accident happened while he was working at an extension to a silo . |