Example sentences of "the [noun pl] standing [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | oh right , and you get all the blokes standing round the bar with a pint in their hand , eyeing up the woman , looking for which one they 're gon na move in on do n't ya ? |
| 2 | When the mayor ordered the lobbyists standing round the side of the chamber to move into the public gallery , Cooper protested that they had every right to be there : ‘ They are not peasants to be roped in . ’ |
| 3 | First : take down the barriers standing in the way of success . |
| 4 | Geraniums , including variegated sorts such as ‘ Frank Headley ’ and ‘ Mr Henry Cox ’ , with Helichrysum petiolare or variegated plectranthus thrive in many of the pots standing outside the house . |
| 5 | to capitalise the appropriate nominal amount of additional Ordinary Shares falling to be allotted pursuant to elections made as aforesaid , out of the sums standing to the credit of the reserves of the Company ( including any share premium account or capital redemption reserve fund ) or otherwise available for distribution as the Directors may determine and to apply such sums in paying up such Ordinary Shares and to allot such Ordinary Shares to members of the Company validly making such elections in accordance with their respective entitlements ’ . |
| 6 | It was as if Moses came down from the mountain with the Ten Commandments to find Christ and the disciples standing in the crowd . |
| 7 | are happy with the numbers standing on the Kop for a big derby game , why should UEFA ride roughshod over them and knock an astonishing 6,000 off the gate for what is possibly Liverpool 's most important match of the season . |
| 8 | I told you I saw her in the mornings standing at the bus stop . |
| 9 | Cranston roared as he rose and went to fetch the boots standing in the comer . |
| 10 | The women standing on the edge of Havvie 's party shrieked and Maybelle Blaine cried viciously to the distraught Sally-Anne , ‘ Have n't you done enough damage to poor Havvie , Sally-Anne Tunstall , without egging on another of your lovers to attack him ? ’ |
| 11 | We saw three banks but Barclays left the others standing at the post . |
| 12 | The boys standing in the doorway tittered . |
| 13 | The women knew that their fines had already been paid , and so , after signing their forms , in most cases by making crosses , they joined the men the while throwing quips at the policemen standing by the door . |