Example sentences of "was stand [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't exactly lend weight to my decision to realize , when I 'd finished making it , that I was standing outside a second-hand jeweller 's looking at a selection of gold rings . |
| 2 | He was standing beside a burly man in a duffel coat whom he introduced to her as ‘ Jack Pringle , a local doctor . ’ |
| 3 | Endill noticed he was standing beside a thick wooden pole . |
| 4 | The first occurred one summer 's day , when he was standing beside a flowering currant bush : |
| 5 | She walked a little reluctantly across the hall to where David was standing beside a thin , dark man in civilian clothes . |
| 6 | Looking up , he found he was standing under a short vertical shaft , at the top of which was another trapdoor . |
| 7 | He was standing with a whole load of Palace supporters . |
| 8 | One of Fabbiano 's assistants was standing on a low stool , clapping her hands . |
| 9 | ‘ Up West ? ’ said Matey , handing Sally-Anne the china from the small dresser in the kitchen , which had been scrupulously washed that morning and was now being replaced by Sally-Anne who was standing on a small stool to reach the top shelf . |
| 10 | The thump of the ball jerked the pram , which was standing on a slight slope . |
| 11 | Bourne was standing on a raised dais at one end of the hall under a text which read : ‘ By grace ye are saved . |
| 12 | When she looked back , Lori was standing on a thick branch nearby , the line tied off near her feet , the noose dark against her skin like a piece of primitive jewellery . |
| 13 | When I was standing on a cold windy Kop watching us play shite against the likes of Plymouth Argyle , Shez always seemed to make it bearable . |
| 14 | One of their helicopters was standing on a level ledge of mountainside above my refuge . |
| 15 | The shot slipped from his grasp and nearly flattened the Head 's wife who was standing at a safe distance ( or so she thought ) behind the thrower . |
| 16 | Maggie now beckoned him towards her , and some what reluctantly he followed her along a short passage and into a long sun-lit kitchen , where a woman was standing at a wooden table mixing some ingredients in a bowl . |
| 17 | He was standing in a small hallway . |
| 18 | Endill opened his eyes slowly and found he was standing in a little room made entirely of books . |
| 19 | The inspector was standing in a public place at the time , and of course this message came up over the radios of all police officers on the Division … |
| 20 | She was standing by a small chest of drawers on which were littered various pieces of domestic junk and a pile of old magazines — True Story , Confessions , Tit-Bits and the like . |
| 21 | Pike was standing by a wooden rack of pamphlets , including What Has Old Mother Walsh to Say to Us ? and a large , colourful one for the kiddies entitled Daddy is n't Dead , He 's Just Gone Out for a Bit . |