Example sentences of "[v-ing] there [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spoke about his beautiful Hilary with such pride , such love , and , lying there in their spare room , with nothing much to do , I thought about you too . |
| 2 | Not being able to make anybody hear , he had wandered behind the counter and found Mr Oliver lying there in his grievous state . |
| 3 | Standing there with his upturned collar and downturned straw hat , from which wisps of smoke still issued , he looked like a garden gnome that somebody had thrown accidentally on to the barbecue . |
| 4 | I felt a total loony standing there with his floppy arm in my grip . |
| 5 | And I would be standing there with my runny nose . |
| 6 | She had never looked more beautiful , standing there in her poor clothes , defying the world — and him . |
| 7 | And then she remembered what had happened to Alice and he did n't seem nice any more , just big and handsome and rather frightening , standing there in his tight jeans and his bright shirt , looking at her . |
| 8 | So it was a big cheering surprise when I opened the front door of Eva 's house one day to find Uncle Ted standing there in his green overalls , a bag of tools hanging from his fist , smiling all over his chopped face . |
| 9 | And standing there in his green cloak , Adam looked different from before . |
| 10 | It occurred to me that it might be Ruth Cohen again , but I could n't have been more wrong , for when I opened the door I found a young police constable standing there in his navy-blue mac wet with rain . |
| 11 | Standing there in my civilian clothes I felt completely out of place and wished that I could be wearing a blue tracksuit like the rest of them . |
| 12 | The two girls held their breath , Liz sitting there with her mock examination papers , Shirley crouching by the shoe rack : their prison kitchen filled with presences . |
| 13 | Well come off it Hayley , if there was a man now bloody sitting there with his bloody |
| 14 | Even if I went into my bedroom to read or do homework , I 'd still have her sitting there on my huge falconer 's glove , fidgeting and glaring at me . |
| 15 | Although it was December , she looked almost summery , sitting there in her bright red jacket with the fresh green plants around her . |
| 16 | For he says , while Titania is bathing there in her accustomed pool , lo ! |