Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] stand on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the stranger was standing on the quayside , watching several straining seamen carry a large , brass-bound chest down the gangplank . |
| 2 | Zack was standing on the road by the driver 's open door , looking at him across the roof of the car . |
| 3 | And the golden beast was standing on the footpath in front of Anabelle , looking at her with its huge brown eyes . |
| 4 | The Berne-bound goods train was standing on the next track down ; all he had to do was cover the twenty yards between the two tracks and find himself an empty freight car . |
| 5 | By the time she was ten years old the nearest she came to having a bath was to stand on the bathmat and sponge herself down . |
| 6 | At one wedding the bridegroom and best man were standing on the wrong place , with the best man prompting a tongue-tied groom in a stage whisper . |
| 7 | A man was standing on the path looking at her . |
| 8 | A third man was standing on the far side of the car . |
| 9 | As the train halted , the man was standing on the platform , obviously waiting to board the train for the return journey . |
| 10 | The man was standing on the grass verge watching her . |
| 11 | Nicolo was standing on the far side of the room , talking with Bob Calder . |
| 12 | Emmie was standing on the beach , hands crossed over her breast . |
| 13 | Baptiste was standing on the bottom step of the wooden staircase , affecting surprise at the sight of her . |
| 14 | The porter was standing on the platform , his hands dug into his overall pockets . |
| 15 | The man and his brother were standing on the platform minding their own business . ’ |
| 16 | Revelation fourteen and lo a lion was standing on the Mount Zion and with him a Hundred and Forty and four thousand which were redeemed from the Earth . |