Example sentences of "standing [adj] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , however , the great lake itself that dominates the scene , with its forests of dead trees , bare trunks standing tall out of the water like the masts of a vast fleet at anchor . |
| 2 | It was pouring with rain now , but standing right there on the shiny Eighth Street pavement was Signe . |
| 3 | But suddenly there was something of a puff of smoke and I found myself standing all alone in the alleyway with what might well be metaphorical egg all over my kisser . |
| 4 | He says ; There was a Jaguar parked and by it a group of four people men and women dancing to music from the jaguar car and there was a man standing far away from the group not connected but also dancing . |
| 5 | The British player , standing close in on the net , chose to leave Emmons ' shot , which dropped comfortably inside the baseline . |
| 6 | At first Sara did not see the two figures standing close together at the end of the room . |