Example sentences of "standing at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dustin introduced Livings to his business manager , the London boxing promoter Jarvis Astaire , ‘ who took me into his offices , ’ recalled Livings , ‘ and en passant introduced me to a chap standing at a window ledge in a corridor , typing : ‘ This is one of our writers ’ , says he . |
| 2 | X dies with an interest in possession in an overseas trust with assets standing at a capital loss . |
| 3 | ‘ He once did a trial Castlemaine ad — a group of Australians standing at a bar , all one-legged after crossing an alligator-infested river to get there . |
| 4 | This picture shows a couple standing at a bar . |
| 5 | She had her back to the door and was standing at a filing-cabinet taking out more information she would need when she heard her assistant come back . |
| 6 | Then he would go to his study and attend to his own writing , characteristically composing straight onto the typewriter and standing at a kind of lectern . |
| 7 | A group of men standing at a bus turn-about opened fire on the patrol and a number of bullets passed through the rear window , narrowly missing a soldier . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll be standing at a bus stop and people will come up to me and tell me what they do and do n't like about fashion today ’ , he says . |
| 9 | The twenty-nine year old victim was standing at a bus stop on Haddington Road when a car pulled up and the driver asked for directions . |
| 10 | I saw him later , standing at a meeting of walls , a shy girl keeping her distance . |
| 11 | Wishart felt as if he was standing at a crossroads with two paths leading into the darkness . |
| 12 | And thus it was , that February evening , that she came to be standing at the top of the monumental sweep of the staircase , under the huge doorway , pausing for a moment , offering tribute to herself and all her gods . |
| 13 | And thus it was that she came to be , that February evening , standing at the top of the tower block staircase , leaning against the wall and panting a little from her climb , pausing for a moment and thinking gloomy thoughts about life and death . |
| 14 | Between Erika and Karl , standing at the top of the steps , and the statue there was a sunken garden , its sides punctuated by slabs of concrete . |
| 15 | I used to sleep in the same bed as my mother and father because of the shortage of space , but one morning I woke up in another room and I looked out and saw the undertaker standing at the top of the stairs . |
| 16 | Gomer would be standing at the top of the steps , lounging against the porch pillars ; an ogre with his two-tailed knotted whip . |
| 17 | Hawkins was standing at the top where he 'd climbed from the ladder and was gazing nonplussed at the strange scarecrow on the floor . |
| 18 | So at mid-day , Doyle was standing at the top of the wide , stone steps of St Paul 's , waiting for the memorial service for a ‘ retired ’ member of MI5 to finish . |
| 19 | However , standing at the top of a ladder with a hot air gun is not funny when the weather is freezing cold , and a better answer is the hot towel treatment , especially with plastic waste pipes , which may melt if heated too much . |
| 20 | For the past hour we had been standing at the top of a Norfolk heath in swirling snow . |
| 21 | Outside , Green was standing at the top of the steps smoking a cigarette . |
| 22 | Then he realised who was standing at the top of the steps , and ducked behind the table a mere shaving of time before a short black dart sped across the room and thunked into the woodwork . |
| 23 | Luke Travis was standing at the top of the short flight of stone steps that led down to the garden . |
| 24 | Then , staring across the moonlit yard , she saw his tall figure standing at the top of the slope leading down to the river . |
| 25 | Outside the room , standing at the top of the stairs , he was told exactly what the doctor had said . |
| 26 | New College , standing at the top of the Mound overlooking Princes Street , is the seat of the Faculty of Divinity . |
| 27 | Standing at the top of the steps , Gabriel held out his hand , thinking to feel rain . |
| 28 | Gabriel remained standing at the top of the steps : Garvey told him to do so . |
| 29 | Victoria was standing at the top of the stairs hanging on to the banister . |
| 30 | Suddenly , he was standing at the top of the staircase , apparently on his way to his bedroom . |