Example sentences of "[be] stand [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one corner is a bath and about three nurses are standing around with masks on . |
| 2 | County are standing by with frogmen . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Tanks are standing by in clouds of smoke with their motors running . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been standing outside for ages — wanting to come in , but knowing I should n't . ’ |
| 5 | If Labour were to stand only in areas where it has a chance of doing well , it would have to withdraw from a swathe of constituencies in Tory heartlands . |
| 6 | What happen was we was standing this jeweller 's , well really we 'd been there , she half the stuff for me and er other people and that , but erm , were standing there for ages , and she come , I 'm , I 'm sort of standing there like this up against the counter waiting to be served , suppose to be coming back right , stood right on the foot , it hurt , but I thought ok it 's a busy shop he wo n't so I 'd turned around , sort of he was there , so I sort of went to him like that and he was looked at me and fucking looked back , so I said are you gon na apologise then , getting right fucking pissed off cos I about three o'clock that day , hang over and being dragged up and down the town all fucking day ai n't my idea of fun you know , ri right in a bad mood anyway , and he said no in a real fucking why do n't you try and make me sort of attitude , so I 'm just about to fucking say something to me , like , how out the shop and everything , and she said what 's the fuck , what 's the matter with you then ? |
| 7 | As a result there are now Government , as well as private consumer organizations , whose purpose is to stand up for consumers ' rights . |
| 8 | I know , but it 's standing there for ages in the cold is n't it ? |
| 9 | A girl I vaguely knew from the village was standing there with tears streaming down her face and apart from the occasional sob from her we stood there in stony silence . |