Example sentences of "be stand at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And thus it was , that February evening , that she came to be standing at the top of the monumental sweep of the staircase , under the huge doorway , pausing for a moment , offering tribute to herself and all her gods . |
| 2 | Gomer would be standing at the top of the steps , lounging against the porch pillars ; an ogre with his two-tailed knotted whip . |
| 3 | Everything had an improvised , random air about it , as if people had erected new machines just where they happened to be standing at the time , next to the debris of the old . |
| 4 | I 'm stood at the tee throwing the clubs up in the air and whooping away and he just turns to me and says , ‘ Do n't get too excited , Jacky . |
| 5 | Awareness may come easily when you are experiencing the wonder of growing a plant from seed — it is a little less in the forefront of your mind when you are standing at the kitchen sink doing the washing up . |
| 6 | But , I told myself , by the time you are standing at the airport terminal ( not the train or the bus station ) , you have burned off the top ones and , come on , lad , you can afford to relax a little . |
| 7 | She guessed that he had been standing at the window or listening for the sound of her key in the lock . |
| 8 | For the past hour we had been standing at the top of a Norfolk heath in swirling snow . |
| 9 | He 'd spent most of the evening wrestling with the one fragment that he 'd managed to retain , picked out of the air behind him as he 'd been standing at the cooker watching his soup boil . |
| 10 | Several humans with official-looking trousers and big boots were standing at the bottom of the ramp . |
| 11 | There was nobody else except two strangers who were standing at the back of the church . |
| 12 | They were standing at the bar with their first glasses of wine in front of them . |
| 13 | About an hour later it arrived but we were standing at the bar when we had er ordered it . |
| 14 | They were standing at the desk by now and the girl was working on the bill . |
| 15 | Martha and Mrs Medlock were standing at the door , staring at Mary , their mouths half open . |
| 16 | But now they were standing at the head of a deep valley in the moor with their ears and tails down . |
| 17 | ‘ I am the Conservatives ’ Jeremy Irons , ’ he murmured as apologetically as if he were standing at the rostrum with a brand new Oscar . |
| 18 | Ten minutes later , they were standing at the window of the cutler 's shop . |
| 19 | The cows were standing at the entrance to a small byre , while the farmer poured a purple fluid from a bucket into their wounds . |
| 20 | The statue , by Philip Jackson , vice-president of the Royal Society of British Sculptors , is to stand at the museum 's entrance gates . |
| 21 | His wife is standing at the window , looking out at the rain . |
| 22 | An Officer is standing at the entrance and directing the units to certain parts of the farm ; he has a strong Scottish accent . |
| 23 | perhaps , he thought as he followed Maisie down the front path , it was that he knew them only as fathers , as people whose primary function was to stand at the edge of swimming pools , dank gymnasia or football fields , their collective manhoods bruised by nurture , blurring with age and helpless love . |
| 24 | ‘ He was standing at the bar , having a drink , when he suddenly collapsed . ’ |
| 25 | Moonlight was pouring over the valley , black and silver , and presently Lugh was standing at the edge of the forest , looking down into the shallow dip that sheltered the great Manor of Tara . |
| 26 | He was standing at the edge of the water , looking into the turgid grey-brown eddies that poured down towards Breidden with such force and in so absolute a silence . |
| 27 | Gilbert Forbes , still in his butler 's costume but without the tail coat and his toupee , was standing at the back of the group , his bald head pallid above his painted face . |
| 28 | This guy went out with Lee next day , and I was standing at the back of the 9th green when Lee 's manager came running up to me and said , ‘ Willie , you 've got to take the bag — Lee 's fired the other guy . ’ |
| 29 | One of the young men , also with a machine gun , was standing at the back of the plane . |
| 30 | Here he caught sight of Aziz the janitor , who was standing at the back of the hall with his mop and bucket . |