Example sentences of "were standing [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now you were standing over the road for five minutes unfortunately , but I hope during that time some of you used your eyes . |
| 2 | We were standing above the clouds , which formed a thick , bulbous ocean at our feet , out of which in every direction rose mountain tops like islands . |
| 3 | Two policemen were standing across the way and when the attack began John 's girlfriend rushed to the police asking for help . |
| 4 | ‘ You were standing outside the University gates at about eight o'clock in the morning , last Wednesday . ’ |
| 5 | Both players were standing outside the players ' lounge when three men ran past them into the building , for which they are believed to have produced entrance tickets , pursued by around 20 Rangers fans . |
| 6 | In The Towering Inferno you always felt you were standing outside the fire , in Backdraft you 're right in the middle of it . ’ |
| 7 | And she felt , though comfortable in bed , as if she were standing with the rain sluicing all over her , streaming soothing over her breasts and down her thighs , warm and comforting and she hoped that he was not in difficulties on the road and that he was thinking about the rain . |
| 8 | Several humans with official-looking trousers and big boots were standing at the bottom of the ramp . |
| 9 | Bryce , Lawler , Ethel , one of the Australians and a few others were standing at the windows gazing out . |
| 10 | There was nobody else except two strangers who were standing at the back of the church . |
| 11 | They were standing at the bar with their first glasses of wine in front of them . |
| 12 | About an hour later it arrived but we were standing at the bar when we had er ordered it . |
| 13 | They were standing at the desk by now and the girl was working on the bill . |
| 14 | Martha and Mrs Medlock were standing at the door , staring at Mary , their mouths half open . |
| 15 | But now they were standing at the head of a deep valley in the moor with their ears and tails down . |
| 16 | ‘ I am the Conservatives ’ Jeremy Irons , ’ he murmured as apologetically as if he were standing at the rostrum with a brand new Oscar . |
| 17 | Ten minutes later , they were standing at the window of the cutler 's shop . |
| 18 | The cows were standing at the entrance to a small byre , while the farmer poured a purple fluid from a bucket into their wounds . |
| 19 | We were standing beside the Road Bunker on the 17th hole , itself probably the most famous in the world . |
| 20 | The thought riled her , causing a rising anger which interfered with her work until voices made her aware that Silas and Doreen were standing beside the reception desk . |
| 21 | At this point the two girls just marched off the train , one of them picked up David , the other one picked me up , screamed Russian things at the soldiers — I have n't a clue what they were saying — and marched us back on the train and barred the door , while the Russian soldiers were standing on the platform screaming horrible things at them . |
| 22 | The man and his brother were standing on the platform minding their own business . ’ |
| 23 | Tom and Peter and Peter 's new friend Jay were standing on the platform waiting for the southbound Jubilee train . |
| 24 | Early fog had cleared and the airport manager and I were standing on the tarmac lining up the motorcade when my car phone rang . |
| 25 | The trip was mercifully brief , little more than an hour , and soon they were standing on the tarmac at Ciampino Airport . |
| 26 | The two men were standing on the balcony outside James 's flat when they saw smoke billowing out of the 75-year-old woman 's home below . |
| 27 | She felt as though she were standing on the edge of a great chasm , with him on the other side urging her to jump across to him . |
| 28 | A few miles away , however , a handful of confident zemindars were standing on the embankment with the water almost licking their sandals . |
| 29 | Two Frenchmen were standing on the sand beside their little van . |
| 30 | They were standing on the lawn in front of the lovely red-brick house with its weathered old red tiles and its tall chimneys , and Miss Honey still had the pair of garden clippers in one hand . |