Example sentences of "standing alone [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two miles or so to the south lies the village of Stockerston , now shrunk almost to a hamlet , with its attractive Perpendicular church standing alone on the hillside — a sure sign of some interesting change in village history . |
| 2 | As Damian spoke to them now , Katya and Lydia both glanced up to see Rachel standing alone on the dance area in her white bridal gown , watching Damian with intense passion in her green eyes . |
| 3 | Catching sight of Philippe Bonard , who had uncharacteristically detached himself from his students and was standing alone at the far end of the terrace , she went over to him . |
| 4 | He felt triumphant and at peace , standing alone with the world spread out at his feet , hearing only the faint howl of the wind and the thunder of his own blood . |
| 5 | Eachuinn Odhar was standing alone in the bows , one hand on the high dragonhead that was no more rigid than himself , staring forward after the grey veils of rain that swept past and away ahead . |
| 6 | The place which seems above all to encapsulate the spirit of the Derwent Ings is Aughton church , standing alone in the marshlands , its churchyard lapped by floods each winter and haunted by the bubbling call of the curlew in spring . |
| 7 | Bert said he was tired , but she followed him , and found him standing alone in the room he had shared with Pat . |
| 8 | It started with William standing alone in the middle of a street in a typical medieval city . |
| 9 | It is then that all hell has broken loose and we have found ourselves standing alone in the jungle again . |
| 10 | He was standing alone in the middle of the bridge . |
| 11 | That 's the difficult part of the job , not the analysis but standing alone in the witness-box to defend it under cross-examination . |
| 12 | Five minutes later they had gone and Melissa was standing alone in the middle of the courtyard , wondering what to do next . |
| 13 | Standing alone in the room , with his wife 's glare enshrined on his right and the King , in riding-trousers and tunic , occupying the whole of a high-backed chair on the left , made Bishop Malduin feel isolated and unsure . |
| 14 | The two women putting finishing touches to the buffet supper turned as one , surprise in the smiles they gave the slender figure standing alone in the doorway . |
| 15 | The door was open and she saw Juliette standing alone by the table with a tray-load of crockery in her hands . |
| 16 | With that , they walked off together to class and left me standing alone by the gates . |
| 17 | THE men at work on the vast steel chemical tanker standing alone among the deserted wharfs of the Clyde are among the last remnants of Scotland 's proud shipbuilding history . |
| 18 | While that wo n't please some of his backbenchers , others will breath a sigh of relief that at least Britain will no longer seem to be standing alone against the rest of the community . |