Example sentences of "they standing [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 When Ella came in , exactly three minutes later , she found them standing on the hearthrug , hand in hand .
2 The blue-green pillars of Hamelin Pool are living stromatolites and the groups of them standing on the sun-dappled sea-floor are as close as we may ever get to a scene from the world of two thousand million years ago .
3 She could see them standing on the ridge of hill that rose up behind Tara 's eastern boundaries , sending out the strong magic of the Samhailt to their creatures , so that the woods and the streams and the hillsides thrummed and quivered with the Mindsong .
4 I could n't just have them standing at the back .
5 She saw them standing at the window looking at someone in the garden with great interest .
6 saw them standing outside the gate , he 's coming to get me
7 Then zoom off , leaving them standing by the roadside .
8 Jessamy ignored her bags , leaving them standing by the door .
9 A groom came out to take their horses and , when he saw Corbett , immediately ran off leaving all three of them standing in the pouring rain .
10 Just follow my lead and we 'll have them standing in the aisles . ’
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