Example sentences of "be standing at " in BNC.
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| 1 | And thus it was , that February evening , that she came to be standing at the top of the monumental sweep of the staircase , under the huge doorway , pausing for a moment , offering tribute to herself and all her gods . |
| 2 | Everything had an improvised , random air about it , as if people had erected new machines just where they happened to be standing at the time , next to the debris of the old . |
| 3 | Gomer would be standing at the top of the steps , lounging against the porch pillars ; an ogre with his two-tailed knotted whip . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll be standing at a bus stop and people will come up to me and tell me what they do and do n't like about fashion today ’ , he says . |
| 5 | For one moment , when the right hon. Gentleman first rose to speak , and given that he will not be standing at the next election , I thought that Daniel had come to judgment and that the right hon. Gentleman was going to show some concern for those who seek asylum in this country and who have fled from oppressive regimes that were supported by the Government of which he was happily a Cabinet member for so many years . |
| 6 | Debt is seen as Pilkington 's main difficulty with estimates of £840m at the end of March now said to be standing at £950m and likely to hit the £1bn figure . |
| 7 | but er , that fibbing git Tim right he 's got a locker next to me , and he 's got velcro on his coat and if I 'm standing at my locker and he takes his coat out of , out of his locker , it always flipping pull my tights with the velcro |
| 8 | But , I told myself , by the time you are standing at the airport terminal ( not the train or the bus station ) , you have burned off the top ones and , come on , lad , you can afford to relax a little . |
| 9 | RICHARD and EMMA are standing at the front door of a rambling , untidy , Edwardian Mansion . |
| 10 | Awareness may come easily when you are experiencing the wonder of growing a plant from seed — it is a little less in the forefront of your mind when you are standing at the kitchen sink doing the washing up . |
| 11 | Imagine you are standing at A looking left . |
| 12 | Immediately , the cameramen who had been standing at the sides of the rows of chairs moved , and the flash of lights and the clicks of their equipment bewildered him slightly . |
| 13 | She guessed that he had been standing at the window or listening for the sound of her key in the lock . |
| 14 | For the past hour we had been standing at the top of a Norfolk heath in swirling snow . |
| 15 | He 'd spent most of the evening wrestling with the one fragment that he 'd managed to retain , picked out of the air behind him as he 'd been standing at the cooker watching his soup boil . |
| 16 | As she had come round the corner of the house from putting her bicycle in the old stable block , Inspector Blakelock had been standing at the front door almost as if he were waiting for her . |
| 17 | Perhaps he had been standing at that spot , gazing out over the river towards the mountains or maybe with bowed head , grieving for his lover . |
| 18 | The cows were standing at the entrance to a small byre , while the farmer poured a purple fluid from a bucket into their wounds . |
| 19 | ‘ I am the Conservatives ’ Jeremy Irons , ’ he murmured as apologetically as if he were standing at the rostrum with a brand new Oscar . |
| 20 | Bryce , Lawler , Ethel , one of the Australians and a few others were standing at the windows gazing out . |
| 21 | Ten minutes later , they were standing at the window of the cutler 's shop . |
| 22 | Two chambermaids were standing at a respectful distance , watching his efforts in some awe . |
| 23 | They were standing at the bar with their first glasses of wine in front of them . |
| 24 | Two men were standing at the further end of the clearing shooting at a wand . |
| 25 | Three or four people without seats were standing at the far dome car end , including the actress Angelica . |
| 26 | Several humans with official-looking trousers and big boots were standing at the bottom of the ramp . |
| 27 | They were standing at the desk by now and the girl was working on the bill . |
| 28 | To give you a feeling how large these forces could be I quote from Feynman 's lectures : " If you were standing at arm 's length from someone and each of you had one per cent more electrons than protons , the repelling force would be incredible . |
| 29 | There was nobody else except two strangers who were standing at the back of the church . |
| 30 | Martha and Mrs Medlock were standing at the door , staring at Mary , their mouths half open . |