Example sentences of "[v-ing] there on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lying there on the floor , cords biting into wrists and ankles , they heard Maureen screaming with terror and agony . |
| 2 | All the time his eyes were laughing down at her and she suddenly flushed when she realised how she must look , lying there on the grass . |
| 3 | ‘ I just saw the box of cigarettes lying there on the table , and everybody else smoking , and I just knew inside me with absolute certainty that I should smoke , too . |
| 4 | The letters lying there on the mat did n't exactly look as though if I did n't open them the world would stop . |
| 5 | ‘ We ran out and he was just lying there on the ground . |
| 6 | When I saw you struggling there on the floor with that evil man , I realised there was nothing I would n't do for you , or you for me . |
| 7 | He stood there blankly , not knowing what to say or do , remembering only the sound of her crying out in the darkness and how awful he had felt , alone , kneeling there on the dyke , impotent to act . |
| 8 | And I fear for you , standing there on the shore |
| 9 | And I give him three mo cos I 'd give him three months guarantee with that , I thought yes and I was standing there on the phone and I thought you dare come back ! |
| 10 | all its friends and then it was just standing there on the ground . |
| 11 | They were simply standing there on the beat in the execution of their duty when they were assaulted . ’ |
| 12 | According to the court , it was sufficient that the police were ‘ standing there on the beat in the execution of their duty ’ for liability to attach . |
| 13 | I did n't feel I should suggest a doctor , just like that , standing there on the pavement . |
| 14 | I glance up and see Lucker standing there on the bridge . |
| 15 | erm , it 's actually sitting there on the Meridian er Business Park , it 's been sitting there for three years er overgrown with er grass and what have you and it 's there . |
| 16 | Hari thought again of her father and sitting there on the edge of her seat she believed that the man standing before her , handsome and young though he might be , was the same kind of man as Dewi Morgan , upright and steadfast , his eyes clear and direct as they looked down at her . |
| 17 | Poor kid , she looked so pathetic sitting there on the edge of the chair , all stiff and upright like some tragedy queen , thinking Woe is me , my precious Bob has fallen into the hands of this designing woman . |
| 18 | Sitting there on the bucket amid the mixed aromas of pig and barley meal and coffee I could almost feel the waves of pleasure beating on me . |
| 19 | Suddenly , sitting there on the veranda sipping whisky , I coughed and spluttered into my glass . |
| 20 | All right , but you 're sitting there on the nursery provision for under five 's working party , you chaired that committee meeting yesterday . |
| 21 | But I thought , sitting there on the side of my bed looking out over the trash-filled street with the sound of the trucks grinding and roaring down the thoroughfare , that He must be something like the sun rising out of the ocean on a cloudless day . |
| 22 | And sad , sitting there on the bench , not noticing the weather change . |
| 23 | Some well I myself I was lucky I had a job with my brother in law , he was working there on the railway and he knew them well . |