Example sentences of "[was/were] stand at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cows were standing at the entrance to a small byre , while the farmer poured a purple fluid from a bucket into their wounds . |
| 2 | ‘ I am the Conservatives ’ Jeremy Irons , ’ he murmured as apologetically as if he were standing at the rostrum with a brand new Oscar . |
| 3 | Bryce , Lawler , Ethel , one of the Australians and a few others were standing at the windows gazing out . |
| 4 | Ten minutes later , they were standing at the window of the cutler 's shop . |
| 5 | They were standing at the bar with their first glasses of wine in front of them . |
| 6 | Two men were standing at the further end of the clearing shooting at a wand . |
| 7 | Three or four people without seats were standing at the far dome car end , including the actress Angelica . |
| 8 | Several humans with official-looking trousers and big boots were standing at the bottom of the ramp . |
| 9 | They were standing at the desk by now and the girl was working on the bill . |
| 10 | There was nobody else except two strangers who were standing at the back of the church . |
| 11 | Martha and Mrs Medlock were standing at the door , staring at Mary , their mouths half open . |
| 12 | But now they were standing at the head of a deep valley in the moor with their ears and tails down . |
| 13 | About an hour later it arrived but we were standing at the bar when we had er ordered it . |
| 14 | perhaps , he thought as he followed Maisie down the front path , it was that he knew them only as fathers , as people whose primary function was to stand at the edge of swimming pools , dank gymnasia or football fields , their collective manhoods bruised by nurture , blurring with age and helpless love . |
| 15 | Gilbert Forbes , still in his butler 's costume but without the tail coat and his toupee , was standing at the back of the group , his bald head pallid above his painted face . |
| 16 | Rodney was standing at the cooker . |
| 17 | As we swung past the farm , the farmer , no doubt attracted by the sound of bagpipes , was standing at the entrance to his farm , a bewildered look on his face . |
| 18 | He was standing at the open window in his pyjamas , the shotgun in his hand , staring out at the front field where the black splash of a jackdaw lay on the white ground beneath the ash tree . |
| 19 | In the break before he actually started , I was standing at the mirror brushing my hair and he came up , took the brush out of my hand — I had very long , waist-length , peroxide blonde hair in those days — and he said , ‘ What are you doing after the show ? ' |
| 20 | He was standing at the window of an empty compartment , laughing , as he made the gesture of slitting his throat . |
| 21 | She was standing at the gas-stove , turning a plucked chicken over the flames to singe away the tiny feathers left behind in the skin . |
| 22 | She was standing at the bus station . |
| 23 | Marler was standing at the reception counter , talking to one of the girls . |
| 24 | This guy went out with Lee next day , and I was standing at the back of the 9th green when Lee 's manager came running up to me and said , ‘ Willie , you 've got to take the bag — Lee 's fired the other guy . ’ |
| 25 | The keeper was standing at the door talking to a stout man with a stick . |
| 26 | It was quite easy , for she was standing at the front of the Council House talking to a large policeman and when Dad and I reached them he said , ‘ There you are Mrs. Maidment , I knew he 'd turn up like a bad penny ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I was standing at the sink after lunch with the usual daily mountain of washing at the side . |
| 28 | Hawkins was standing at the top where he 'd climbed from the ladder and was gazing nonplussed at the strange scarecrow on the floor . |
| 29 | She was standing at the end of the bed with a candle . |
| 30 | Yvonne was standing at the far end of the room in her red tent dress , her arms extended , a glass of brandy glimmering in one hand . |