Example sentences of "[subord] she [was/were] stand [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She climbed up again , then ran along the shoreline until she was standing at the nearest point to it . |
| 2 | And she felt , though comfortable in bed , as if she were standing with the rain sluicing all over her , streaming soothing over her breasts and down her thighs , warm and comforting and she hoped that he was not in difficulties on the road and that he was thinking about the rain . |
| 3 | She looked almost as if she was standing on the surface itself , although Pete knew that there were rocks and shallows and that the effect was no more than illusion . |
| 4 | While she was standing in the grubby little shop , this incongruous memory had flashed into her head at the sight of her face . |
| 5 | Following his directions , it was only a matter of seconds before she was standing on the ground beneath the wreckage . |
| 6 | And then the silence of the hillside was rent by a further sound , a high buzzing at first like a gigantic and enraged wasp , and then a roar and a rending of the air , so that Molly felt as though she were standing on the bridge of a warship and some huge Exocet missile was being hurled in her direction . |
| 7 | She felt as though she were standing on the edge of a great chasm , with him on the other side urging her to jump across to him . |
| 8 | It was quite easy , for she was standing at the front of the Council House talking to a large policeman and when Dad and I reached them he said , ‘ There you are Mrs. Maidment , I knew he 'd turn up like a bad penny ! ’ |