Example sentences of "standing back [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Fancy standing back to the North Sea for ten hours or more handling cold fish ! |
| 2 | There was a brawl of props and hookers , second rowers and locks ( back rows , I think you call them ) from which my father extricated himself , standing back on the sideline wearing that universal five-eighth 's look of perky innocence . |
| 3 | This gallery is probably the best known to the general public ; standing back from the Ambleside-Coniston road , it is easily seen . |
| 4 | MATTHEW HOWE standing back from the road nearby is thought to date from between 1665 and 1700 . |
| 5 | Horowitz then walked the last hundred yards to the decrepit villa standing back from the airport highway , pushed open the left-hand iron grille gate . |
| 6 | Standing back from the lane and slightly below it , at the bottom of a weed-covered drive . |
| 7 | If these are the lessons of prudence , then standing back from the official portrait of crime and criminals and looking at it critically might be a very beneficial move towards getting our heads straight . |
| 8 | Standing back from the road in its own grounds , it commanded an extensive view of the sea to the south and the patchwork of stone walls and green fields to the north . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , dear me , ’ he said , standing back from the window and dusting himself down , wiping his face with a handkerchief . |
| 10 | Standing back from the main road , surrounded by green grass , was the memorial to those men of the village and the surrounding hamlets who had died during the Great War , and behind the memorial was the primary school which I was going to join in the course of the next few days . |
| 11 | The Laurels was a very nice house on the edge of the town standing back from the road in a large garden . |
| 12 | Both require standing back from the day-to-day running of the organisation and examining the wider picture . |
| 13 | At whatever level it manifests itself , leadership is concerned with standing back from the day-to-day routine of affairs . |