Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] standing [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her thoughts still whirling , Shae looked up to see Marianne standing by the table , her green eyes calculating and faintly malicious as she glanced from Shannon to Gavin . |
| 2 | She spun round to see Marc standing in the doorway . |
| 3 | Edward turned up late for their rendezvous , and found Foley standing at the bar with a much younger man who had a long , intelligent face and a quiet manner , whom he introduced as Harold Philby , known as Kim . |
| 4 | When she got back , she found William standing by the open door of the fire escape . |
| 5 | As Sabine emerged from the bedroom , she found Marie-Christine standing in the empty salon , staring round her . |
| 6 | Fearing the worst , she ran to find Penny standing between the stairs and Heather , who had started to crawl towards them . |
| 7 | I looked round to find Karen standing in the centre of a group of businessmen who were eyeing her up and down in a blatantly sexual way . |
| 8 | Willie lifted it up to find Tom standing on the steps , with a large tray in his hands . |
| 9 | When he came upstairs to the bedroom he found Lily standing by the bed , and Eileen clutching her hand and moaning . |
| 10 | Once she stirred , groaning , to find Michele standing by the bed , the single lamp lighting his body but leaving his face in deep shadow . |
| 11 | Dashing into the kitchen now , she found Jessie standing at the table and squeezing a lemon into a glass and she had almost pulled her from the table towards the door before she managed to say to her , ‘ He 's … he 's downstairs in the yard . |
| 12 | Then , one afternoon , she stepped out of the side entrance of Maison Levantiére to find Nicky standing in the rain , waiting for her . |
| 13 | They broke into a trot and found Mary standing in the middle of a thicket . |
| 14 | The bell rang as she reached the bottom of the stairs , and she hurried to answer the door , feeling her pulse skip a beat when she found Luke standing on the step . |
| 15 | Fran turned off the shower and wrapped a huge fluffy towel around her to walk back into the bedroom — then came to an abrupt halt when she found Luke standing by the door . |
| 16 | On arrival at Machynlleth I found Tony standing on the down platform with train on the up line and distinguished passengers posing for official photographs . |
| 17 | They 'd cruised past when they arrived that afternoon , just after four o'clock , and seen Tommy standing on the doorstep . |
| 18 | It must have been several dances later that she noticed Annie standing on the edge of the dance floor . |
| 19 | He could make Satan standing at the Gates of Hell shouting ‘ Come on down ! ’ look innocent . |
| 20 | She could see Dickie standing among the people by the boats and knew he was watching her . |
| 21 | I well remember Hunt standing by the side of the track and waving his fist at the feisty little Frenchman when he next came by . |
| 22 | He had glanced back , to see Ashton standing at the depot gates , waving a piece of paper at him . |
| 23 | It was a relief to see Sophia standing in the window of the vicarage drawing room and beckoning her to come in . |
| 24 | He looked surprised to see Cassie standing by the front door but gave her a friendly wave and began to walk up the path . |
| 25 | After a while I saw Nour standing on the low wall gleaming naked in the dark light , looking defenceless and young . |
| 26 | She opened her eyes and saw Rodier standing by the bed with the nurse hovering behind him . |
| 27 | When she opened her eyes and saw Patrick standing in the room she started up with a cry . |
| 28 | Looking up , he saw Georgina standing at the open door with a welcoming smile . |
| 29 | That autumn saw Eva standing on the steps of the dark brick building in Denmark Hill , with its high surrounding wall , and predominant tower . |
| 30 | He saw Dobson standing in the library . |