Example sentences of "[was/were] standing [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were puffins everywhere : the sky was full of whirring wings , and hundreds of birds were standing around on the grassy slope which was honeycombed with puffin burrows . |
| 2 | They were standing expectantly by the main gate of Wandsworth prison , a building which gave the impression of an Italian Renaissance fortress whose square towers and long cell blocks had been reconstructed in grimy industrial brick . |
| 3 | They were standing together at the very edge of the platform on which the morning room was constructed . |
| 4 | Across the bridge in Aberfeldy more people than usual were standing about on the dried mud of the half-built streets . |
| 5 | Tsu Ma had pushed for forward through the water until he was standing just below the deep lip of the bank . |
| 6 | A large group of people was standing just beyond the wrought-iron gate . |
| 7 | He was standing just inside the front door and was thus hidden from me . |
| 8 | Defries was standing diagonally in the open doorway , beckoning Ace inside . |
| 9 | He was standing here on the other side of the door , knowing nothing of Isabel 's plans . |
| 10 | Andy the gardener was standing around on the lower terrace looking at some white geraniums he had set out in an urn by the pool house , and although she shrank from returning to the scene of yesterday 's shame , she decided to go and rap with him . |
| 11 | Father McCormack was standing silently by the yawning hole . |
| 12 | Mrs Parvis was standing out on the front doorstep , pretending to watch out for something in the sky . |
| 13 | The German mortaring had suddenly stopped and the Brigade Major was standing out in the open talking to an Officer when , just as suddenly , the mortars started up again , sending their bombs swishing through the trees and sending the Brigade Major diving for cover . |