Example sentences of "standing [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The intelligence officers , having failed to allow for Double Summertime , which had been introduced the night after the first ‘ Hess ’ flight , were on the point of standing down the op just as the bombers droned into hearing .
2 There were stories about the echo on those records being created by someone standing down the end of the corridor and playing .
3 They 've got all this digital equipment and yet they 're standing down the end of a corridor …
4 If there was any criticism of the engine , it was that the aluminium alloys used gave the impression of not standing up the rigours of 40 years under the ground quite so well .
5 You can get them with long pins each si have them standing up the board and then you have another board , a board with a so you can
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