Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] been standing " in BNC.
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| 1 | One afternoon I completed another unsuccessful attempt at a cannon : I had no sooner moved away than the pipe crashed down exactly where I had been standing . |
| 2 | It was a cold day and I had been standing in that particular spot for half an hour , so I was glad to get into the car , which was driven by a smart-looking man in a tweed cap . |
| 3 | For them the time must have flown by , but for me it seemed as if I 'd been standing out there all morning ! |
| 4 | If I 'd been standing , I 'd have shuffled my feet . |
| 5 | If I 'd been standing here fifteen years ago I 'd have been run over by now because there were four lanes of traffic running around here . |
| 6 | If I had been standing I could have put it in my personal manifesto that I was a sabbatarian but when the Party committed itself to that , it was placing itself in the position of a church . ’ |
| 7 | At least I could have moved if I had been standing . |