Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] standing [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward turned up late for their rendezvous , and found Foley standing at the bar with a much younger man who had a long , intelligent face and a quiet manner , whom he introduced as Harold Philby , known as Kim . |
| 2 | When she got back , she found William standing by the open door of the fire escape . |
| 3 | As Sabine emerged from the bedroom , she found Marie-Christine standing in the empty salon , staring round her . |
| 4 | When he came upstairs to the bedroom he found Lily standing by the bed , and Eileen clutching her hand and moaning . |
| 5 | Dashing into the kitchen now , she found Jessie standing at the table and squeezing a lemon into a glass and she had almost pulled her from the table towards the door before she managed to say to her , ‘ He 's … he 's downstairs in the yard . |
| 6 | They broke into a trot and found Mary standing in the middle of a thicket . |
| 7 | The bell rang as she reached the bottom of the stairs , and she hurried to answer the door , feeling her pulse skip a beat when she found Luke standing on the step . |
| 8 | Fran turned off the shower and wrapped a huge fluffy towel around her to walk back into the bedroom — then came to an abrupt halt when she found Luke standing by the door . |
| 9 | On arrival at Machynlleth I found Tony standing on the down platform with train on the up line and distinguished passengers posing for official photographs . |
| 10 | It must have been several dances later that she noticed Annie standing on the edge of the dance floor . |
| 11 | After a while I saw Nour standing on the low wall gleaming naked in the dark light , looking defenceless and young . |
| 12 | She opened her eyes and saw Rodier standing by the bed with the nurse hovering behind him . |
| 13 | When she opened her eyes and saw Patrick standing in the room she started up with a cry . |
| 14 | Looking up , he saw Georgina standing at the open door with a welcoming smile . |
| 15 | That autumn saw Eva standing on the steps of the dark brick building in Denmark Hill , with its high surrounding wall , and predominant tower . |
| 16 | He saw Dobson standing in the library . |
| 17 | He looked up and saw Jed standing in the doorway . |
| 18 | They saw Sharon standing in the plastic-flowers aisle . |
| 19 | Slater saw Sara standing at the door of the room . |
| 20 | When Jed turned round , he saw Celia standing on the road . |
| 21 | When he emerged on to the vast concourse he saw Kuhlmann standing at the entrance to one of the platforms opposite the ticket office . |
| 22 | Behind him , as he staggered from view , Jimmy saw Barbara standing with the neck of a broken whisky bottle in her hand , seized from one of the Christmas party tables . |
| 23 | She saw Tig standing on the enclosure wall , his arms stretched out to the sides , his head thrown back . |
| 24 | I saw Signe standing among the red-roofed airport huts even before we landed , and while we taxied in she was running and waving and smiling a gigantic smile . |
| 25 | She carried the glass back to the sitting-room , and came to an abrupt stop when she saw Luke standing by the window , reading the paper , which she 'd left open at the horoscopes . |
| 26 | It was only later , when I was lying in my bed , with the neon lights of a bar across the road flickering on the curtains and music blaring , that I remembered Ward standing in the saloon of the Cutty Sark and asking Iris Sunderby who she had in mind as navigator , who the man was who had convinced her he had also seen a ship locked in the ice of the Weddell Sea . |
| 27 | He left Carrington standing in the office , dumbfounded . |
| 28 | And he left Bodie standing in the shadows of the room , still staring out of the window . |