Example sentences of "standing just [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I told you not to bother , ’ Ellen said disparagingly as she climbed the main companionway , and I guessed that she had been listening to my conversation with Billingsley by standing just under the saloon skylight which was propped open . |
| 2 | Tsu Ma had pushed for forward through the water until he was standing just below the deep lip of the bank . |
| 3 | A large group of people was standing just beyond the wrought-iron gate . |
| 4 | She was standing just beyond the bridge , looking down into the tiny stream , one hand raised to her neck , the other holding her folded fan against her side . |
| 5 | Perhaps she heard his steps before he knocked — she opened the door very quickly — and he wondered for a moment if she had been as she had when he last saw her , standing just inside the door , her head on one side , listening , as she had listened to the bombs , and to the siren she heard before it was sounded . |
| 6 | When she had visualized standing just inside the cupboard , I asked her how she felt about it ; she replied that , so far , she was feeling quite at ease . |
| 7 | He was standing just inside the front door and was thus hidden from me . |
| 8 | Her daughter was standing just inside the door , wearing her coat , hat and walking shoes . |
| 9 | Three androids , apparently unscathed and in untattered robes of black silk , were standing just inside the doorway . |
| 10 | He seemed to be standing just inside the door . |
| 11 | Her look was so intense that Helen half-turned , almost believing that someone had opened it and was standing just inside the room . |
| 12 | Nick Frazer was standing just inside the street door , holding a wicker basket with a barred opening in it . |
| 13 | ( Because they are standing just inside the door of her room , say . ) |
| 14 | He was standing just inside the doorway , supporting Piper O'Rourke , who was looking old , tired and bruised . |
| 15 | Morse had knocked his shin against a large suitcase standing just inside the door , and for a moment he squeezed his eyes tight , the whiles giving quiet voice to a blasphemous imprecation . |
| 16 | The Deluxe is one of two machines standing just inside the door . |
| 17 | He was standing just inside the doorway . |
| 18 | In the first row Joseph spotted Tran Van Hieu 's father standing just behind the two red-robed royal princes who were to lead the annual act of homage . |