Example sentences of "she [was/were] [v-ing] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten minutes later in the gymnasium downstairs Lee reflected that if she threw one of the dumb-bells she was using at the wall-sized mirror and it shattered into a hundred pieces around a central trauma , she would wake herself up and everybody around her and get into the local papers . |
| 2 | She had n't thought she would understand what Fand meant ; but after only a moment the sense came to her that she was looking at a prisoner — at someone captive , helpless . |
| 3 | A minute later her head was as high as the tallest tree in the wood , and she was looking at a sea of green leaves . |
| 4 | She was looking at a man in an evening clothe . |
| 5 | She was looking at a picture of Miss Rosalie Ray , a very beautiful young woman . |
| 6 | It was a full minute before she realised that she was looking at a reflection of herself in the polished metal shield that Simon had propped against a tree to protect her from any stray arrows . |
| 7 | She started to brush it off , then realised she was looking at a battered Ten Pound note . |
| 8 | Over his shoulder she was looking at the derelict house . |
| 9 | During the few moments in which she paused in her ascent to the church she reflected that now she was looking at the view the other way round ; now she was in one of the overcrowded little alleys visible from San Martino as merely a crack in a vast expanse of roof tiles and crumbling masonry and noticeable from that lofty vantage point because of the fluttering of the washing hung out on poles over the street to dry . |
| 10 | Oh , dear me ! ’ — she was looking at the casserole dish — ‘ stewed mutton and dumplings . |
| 11 | She was looking at the gentleman , and he was looking at her now and as he inclined his head he said , ‘ Thank you for your service . ’ |
| 12 | For the first time in her life she felt as if the veil had been stripped from her idol and she was looking at the real person who hid away inside a beautiful body , seeing her through the eyes of others who had no family love for her to colour what they saw . |
| 13 | Harriet glanced at Meredith and saw that she was looking at the picture . |
| 14 | ‘ Passed up a couple of total certs to come to your bloody bun-fight , ’ she complained , though she was looking at the poor child all the time , with her eyes half-closed and tossing her head so the sockets would catch the light . |
| 15 | While she was looking at the pictures , Griselda , Anna 's mother 's cat , came in and jumped on to the cat woman 's lap . |
| 16 | She was looking at the maids carrying plates of singed meat to the young people and a servant who was bringing a tray full of raw steaks and sausages out from the house . |
| 17 | Rory worked out she was looking at the door he was crouched behind . |
| 18 | Succeeding flights opened up to her view and then she was looking at the lobby . |
| 19 | Her face brightened , she was looking at the door . |
| 20 | She was looking at the the question of self-scripture , and she has as a a criteria for differentiation or some , or as you might say boundary marks , it 's a question of boundaries between different groups . |
| 21 | She was speaking at a conference looking at problems facing the countryside . |
| 22 | She was speaking at the home of Sergeant Major Cross 's parents , Arthur and Joy , in Little Hulton , near Bolton , Greater Manchester . |
| 23 | She was speaking at the launch of this year 's Royal British Legion poppy appeal in Southampton . |
| 24 | She was speaking at the Howdon Tennis Centre in Eden ridge , Kent , at the 20th stop of the adidas Challenge , a series of winter tournaments aimed at bringing countrywide competition in the winter months to British youngsters . |
| 25 | She was speaking at the launch of Opportunity 2000 at the Ulster Bank 's offices in Donegall Place . |
| 26 | She was speaking at the end of the inquiry into the death of Jean Cook , of Bridgecastle Road , Armadale , who fell out of bed in hospital twice within seven hours in March last year . |
| 27 | In general she was functioning at an 18-month to 2-year level . |
| 28 | Wearing jeans and a blue shirt , she was tugging at a filing cabinet which was too large for her to embrace and which was threatening to over-balance on her . |
| 29 | You see , she was wandering at the time . ’ |
| 30 | She was picking at a leaf-taking the green out to leave a filigree of veins . |