Example sentences of "he was standing [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was standing on the hillside and he too was watching the sun go down . |
| 2 | He was standing on the edge of the group that included Flavia Sherman , Jacques and Paul Devraux and half-a-dozen Moi trackers , but his mind was only half on the hunt to come . |
| 3 | He was standing on the lawn at Abbotsfield , aware of wet , chilly grass beneath his bare feet , and aware , too , of the sleeping house behind him and the utter silence all around . |
| 4 | He was standing on the landing at the top , face white . |
| 5 | Norman was called upon , he was standing on the rock just behind Issaacs , swaying on his hips in that way he has , with his face turned up to the night . |
| 6 | So Richie 's Hotline pocket phone became the channel for a very high level communication and all the while he was standing on the grass of the main grandstand . |
| 7 | He was standing on the pavement of a street called Southampton Row . |
| 8 | As luck would have it , he was standing at the kitchen counter , his back to her , making himself a sandwich . |
| 9 | ‘ He was standing at the bar , having a drink , when he suddenly collapsed . ’ |
| 10 | He was standing at the door , greeting people as they came in , simpering and giggling and asking them how so-and-so was . |
| 11 | He was standing at the door of the Vicarage carrying a grip . |
| 12 | He was standing at the door . |
| 13 | He was standing at the edge of the water , looking into the turgid grey-brown eddies that poured down towards Breidden with such force and in so absolute a silence . |
| 14 | Suddenly , he was standing at the top of the staircase , apparently on his way to his bedroom . |
| 15 | He was standing at the window of an empty compartment , laughing , as he made the gesture of slitting his throat . |
| 16 | One Saturday at about 3 o'clock when the 2.47 had not long gone through and he had put the ‘ line clear ’ through , he was standing at the window and saw the lad . |
| 17 | Now he was standing beside the sink while I bathed Tom 's forehead , his face a mask of red , pent-up rage . |
| 18 | He was standing under the truck 's engine , staring intently into the masses of rusting pipework . |
| 19 | He was standing outside the conference centre , savouring the sunshine , watching for the return of the Party 's prominenti from their lunch . |
| 20 | Ten minutes until he was standing outside the place where she was . |
| 21 | He started up the stairs , but Burun sidestepped so that he was standing in the way . |
| 22 | He was standing in the half-light in the doorway , watching her . |
| 23 | In one piquant moment , he was standing in the middle of the living room talking , while his wife scurried about making a bit of food . |
| 24 | In Andrew Allan 's book of memoirs he relates how he was standing in the lobby of the New York Hotel Algonquin in the summer of 1947 when a man came up to him and said ‘ I 'm Robert Service and I think I recognise you . |
| 25 | He was standing in the kitchen , and she was in the living-room the other side of the units . |
| 26 | Jenny was being embraced by her father and Antony looked as if he was standing in the queue . |
| 27 | He was standing in the foreman 's office , looking troubled . |
| 28 | He was standing in the doorway , a big grin on his face . |
| 29 | Father was not visible , but the woman 's gesture indicated that he was standing in the doorway of the villa , gazing after her . |
| 30 | He was standing in the doorway . |