Example sentences of "[was/were] standing [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was standing here on the other side of the door , knowing nothing of Isabel 's plans . |
| 2 | Luke was standing outside on the balcony , and once again she found herself looking at his back . |
| 3 | He was standing now on the steel floor , the corner of the first container some twenty feet away . |
| 4 | Then one day I was standing there on a dune top , straining against the pull of the wind in the kite , gripping and hauling and sensing and adjusting and twisting , when one of those twists became like a strangle around Esmerelda 's neck , and the idea was there . |
| 5 | And I give him three mo cos I 'd give him three months guarantee with that , I thought yes and I was standing there on the phone and I thought you dare come back ! |
| 6 | A man was standing precariously on the wall urinating into the water . |
| 7 | He was standing calmly on the stage . |