Example sentences of "was standing [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately he was standing right beside the door with the new aerial mounted on it and his voice was within a gnat 's whisker of being raised a few octaves . |
| 2 | Mr Coleby was standing right on the step . |
| 3 | Miss Davison , who was standing close to the rails a few yards from me , suddenly ducked under the railings as the horses came up . |
| 4 | John was standing rooted to the spot , his expression stony . |
| 5 | On the last evening of my visit to you I was standing half-hidden in the bushes , watching the sun go down . |
| 6 | Catching sight of Philippe Bonard , who had uncharacteristically detached himself from his students and was standing alone at the far end of the terrace , she went over to him . |
| 7 | Eachuinn Odhar was standing alone in the bows , one hand on the high dragonhead that was no more rigid than himself , staring forward after the grey veils of rain that swept past and away ahead . |
| 8 | He was standing alone in the middle of the bridge . |
| 9 | Five minutes later they had gone and Melissa was standing alone in the middle of the courtyard , wondering what to do next . |
| 10 | Lady Usk watched him wend a hasty path towards his wife and turned back to the window to find that Miss Kyte was standing stock-still on the terrace , staring in at her . |
| 11 | She saw that the leader of the religious group had separated himself from the majority and was standing near to the sea 's edge and looking directly at the horizon . |
| 12 | A boy was standing next to the table , looking at Jean-Paul shyly . |
| 13 | The little one that was standing next to the pram was about Oliver 's age was n't she ? |
| 14 | Beryl was standing motionless in the middle of the room , her hand on her heart . |
| 15 | I was standing motionless by the desk , and gazing vacantly at the letter , when I heard some footsteps outside the door . |
| 16 | The man was standing undecided in the middle of the road like a rabbit caught in headlights at night . |