Example sentences of "standing [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In Our Time ’ , nevertheless , is an astute record , standing tall among pygmies . |
| 2 | ‘ Now he is standing right at the door and knocking to get in . |
| 3 | Then she took up a position standing right at the back . |
| 4 | It is a white three-storey tower mill standing right on the sea front opposite St John 's Church . |
| 5 | Mr Coleby was standing right on the step . |
| 6 | Standing right on top of her by now , he was preventing her from walking out unless she actually brought herself to push past him , and she feared the follow-up to their slightest physical contact . |
| 7 | Unfortunately he was standing right beside the door with the new aerial mounted on it and his voice was within a gnat 's whisker of being raised a few octaves . |
| 8 | Just then one of Father 's secretaries , who was standing right behind me , said , ‘ Such purity of line , do you notice , even when she 's only showing that sweet child how to curtsy . ’ |
| 9 | George Underwood : ‘ When you leave school , you have to queue up and see a career 's officer and I remember I was standing right behind David in the queue and asked him what sort of job he was going to say he was looking for . |
| 10 | Harriet was standing right behind her . |
| 11 | Jane was standing right behind him . |
| 12 | His voice is so quiet that the words seem to be spoken not be Ali , but by a spectre standing right behind him . |
| 13 | I would have fled if the Earl 's retainers had not been standing right behind me . |
| 14 | B : Huh , lovely weather for March , is n't it ? where B 's utterance might implicate in the appropriate circumstances " hey , watch out , her nephew is standing right behind you " . |
| 15 | He was standing right behind her , so close , she registered , that she was aware of the subtle body-scent of him , sandalwood , leather . |
| 16 | Determine randomly which characters are the targets of which darts ; no character can be a target for more than three unless he is standing right in front of the chest ( e.g. , raising the lid ) . |
| 17 | He could n't see you if you were standing right in front of him , but he carried on at the anvil and used to feel the iron he was working . ’ |
| 18 | Suddenly , he was standing right in front of her . |
| 19 | Most casualties ( 46% ) recorded involved people who were at the time of the incident standing in buses , but it is not always clear from the recorded data whether the passengers were standing due to the vehicle 's seating capacity being fully utilised or were on their feet moving towards a seat or the bus exit . |
| 20 | John was standing rooted to the spot , his expression stony . |
| 21 | She closed her eyes and tried to picture herself , but three days ago , in her mother 's sitting-room , making up the fire , carrying trays , standing apprehensive in the doorway dreading a fresh outburst against her selfishness in going away . |
| 22 | A privately owned half-timbered cottage ( mostly 16th-century ) with pantiled roof and porches , it has been standing empty for years |
| 23 | We will do more to bring into use properties owned by central and local government which are standing empty for no good reason . |
| 24 | RIGHT : After standing empty for many years , plans are in hand for its conversion to dwellings . |
| 25 | Meanwhile John Arlott 's birthplace , Cemetery Lodge in Basingstoke , has been restored after standing empty for more than three years . |
| 26 | The shop had been standing empty for some time , and needed a great deal of work . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's been standing empty for a couple of years . |
| 28 | A former fish restaurant in Darlington town centre could be turned into a pub and office complex after standing empty for three years . |
| 29 | Having been burned in 1933 and nearly destroyed in 1945 , it became a symbol of Democracy in a divided city , standing empty beside the Wall and prevented , by the threat of Soviet veto , from serving any purpose . |
| 30 | Standing empty in the mansion , oh . |