Example sentences of "been standing in " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Potted primulas and other plants that have been standing in frames can be brought into the greenhouse now . |
| 2 | He had been standing in the kitchen for a long time . |
| 3 | She was discussing problems in Lee 's living-room but she could have been standing in front of a giant black door in the middle of a forest . |
| 4 | By the time the rope went tight I had been standing in the same spot for nearly an hour and a half . |
| 5 | It was a cold day and I had been standing in that particular spot for half an hour , so I was glad to get into the car , which was driven by a smart-looking man in a tweed cap . |
| 6 | " I 'm awake , " she told him when he had been standing in silence beside her for some seconds . |
| 7 | The growth in the numbers who have been without work for a year or more has been perhaps the most disturbing aspect of today 's unemployment , despite the Department of Employment 's interviewing of all the long-term unemployed , and the Government 's recent recognition of the need to direct job appointments at those who have been standing in the queue longest . |
| 8 | Boldwood , who had been standing in a corner watching her , ran forward to catch her . |
| 9 | Knowing that it could only be bad news , Harry , who had been standing in the doorway , stepped forward and put his arm round Cora-Beth 's shoulders . |
| 10 | It has been standing in water all day , and it has been well scraped before it came out this evening . |
| 11 | There is magnetism in romantic gestures that make you forget you 've been standing in the same place for half the day , that there is not a child in the house washed and you never got flowers from your 's truly . |
| 12 | All the while she had been talking , she had been moving little by little to one side , her movements casual , and when she was exactly where she wanted to be she reached out and grasped , lifted , and swiftly jabbed the pitchfork that had been standing in the corner of the stall . |
| 13 | But when I put the phone down I find he has been standing in the doorway . |
| 14 | Girls had obviously been standing in line for this man from the first day he 'd put on long trousers — or even earlier , she thought grimly . |