Example sentences of "were stand [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A warm draught blew across the platform , one which could only be a Mediterranean breeze or synthetically produced , the latter being more likely as we were standing under a dull winter 's day in London . |
| 2 | Two men were standing under a no-smoking notice trying to hide a burning cigarette , and one college graduate with a postgraduate qualification was sitting under a sign that said ‘ Think Tall ’ reading an illustrated journal called Voodoo monsters invade earth . |
| 3 | They were standing outside a small bistro . |
| 4 | Two chambermaids were standing at a respectful distance , watching his efforts in some awe . |
| 5 | They were standing at a collapsible map table Schellenberg had erected , the plans of St Mary 's Priory spread before them . |
| 6 | There was no sandy beach , and as this part of the bay was an inlet , I felt as if I were standing beside a great lake , not the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 7 | In no time at all we were standing on a huge patch of snow at the summit of a mountain only a few feet short of a Munro . |
| 8 | It was a very cold morning , the sky bright and without a cloud , but Silver and his man were standing in a low mist . |
| 9 | We were standing in a small domed sanctuary . |
| 10 | They were standing in a narrow hall , with a bicycle propped against one wall and stairs leading down to a basement . |
| 11 | It had a strange and thrilling resonance , as if the singer were standing in a large room or a courtyard built of stone in one of the ancient palaces left by the Mogul emperors further to the west . |