Example sentences of "standing the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can speed up the cooling by standing the pan in a sink full of cold water . |
| 2 | Watering from below , by standing the pot in a few inches of water in the sink until the surface compost is damp , is generally the easiest method . |
| 3 | Try standing the legs of greenhouse benches or staging in trays or saucers of water to make an impassable barrier . |
| 4 | Prevent accidents by standing the gun upright to cool down |
| 5 | On most sails this imaginary point lies about 18 to 22 inches ( 46–56cm ) from the front of the boom and can be found by standing the rig on the beach in a steady wind . |
| 6 | Not far from where she was standing the footpath through the wood began . |
| 7 | Although the church is no longer standing the old graveyard is still there with tombstones which are still readable , on a site one and a quarter miles from the present church . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm going to have to give up standing the market , Ma , ’ she announced quietly . |
| 9 | Sun 's Tsunami forces reportedly have orders from Sun chief Scott McNealy to be ‘ animalistic , ’ ripping up the old price book and standing the computer industry status quo on its head . |
| 10 | This kind of amendment to traditional stratification analysis would still , of course , leave standing the major objections to it . |
| 11 | They were having an intense and appropriately heated discussion on the problems of cold-spots ( as evinced by the fact that their first attempts came out looking like braille roundels ) , and on the unfortunate instability of three poppadoms balanced together — caused not so much by the jerk they received when the turntable started up as by their movements while they cooked and swelled — but eventually my flatmates settled on the concept of standing the things up individually on the glass turntable , and so instigated what they termed a ‘ brainstorming session ’ in an attempt to find a suitable support mechanism . |
| 12 | Then he turns and walks away , leaving her standing the clearing , with a feeling of having lost a struggle . |
| 13 | The kettle began to boil , and she completed the ritual of tea-making , finally standing the pot on a porcelain plate with Windsor Castle painted on it , mounted on sterling-silver trivets , and crowning it with a tea cosy knitted by Matey back in the days when she had lived in the Cochranes country house , now almost derelict since Stair 's expensive debauchery had impoverished the estate . |
| 14 | The giving of legal advice and assistance in relation to matters arising in England and in foreign countries has been considered by the Central Committee and they take the view that standing the provision in the Act , all a Scottish solicitor is entitled to do is to give the client preliminary advice on his legal position and the course of action open to him . |