Example sentences of "[adv] standing on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could hear shouting up ahead ; and there was a large gathering of people around a man who was obviously standing on a box of some kind . |
| 2 | We 're looking down here , obviously standing on a hill because here we 've got some plants which are on the hillside and there 's a river here so we 're on sort of a fairly steep slope , I would imagine , down to the river , looking over across these vineyards . |
| 3 | For example , T-connectors come in for a lot of punishment and have to put up with all sorts of strains , such as people inadvertently standing on the cable . |
| 4 | Duvall was suddenly standing on the step above him , pushing him out of the way and stepping down past him . |
| 5 | One of the classic freestyle skills is railriding where the sailor flips the board on its side and sails along , coolly standing on the edge . |
| 6 | We were still standing on the landing . |
| 7 | ‘ Dear Luke , ’ she said fondly , and , still standing on the doorstep , plucked at the card . |
| 8 | And these people are in fairly er desperate conditions but at least getting some help , but I think the main point is there is a civil war on , and the West is still standing on the sidelines watching it happen . |
| 9 | And there 's cranes still standing on an empty river , |
| 10 | The mother will protect it from predators , such as eagles , and will try to ensure that it does n't fall down the mountainside by always standing on the downhill side of it . |
| 11 | He offered the umbrella to him and then followed suit , both were presently arranged , expectant and a little flushed , now standing on the far side . |
| 12 | I think feminism was something that was very necessary from , from the last generation and we 're now standing on the |
| 13 | They were n't alone ; and then the next thought was that Sandy must have come up from below and was now standing on the quay , but then that thought died as what he 'd taken for her shadow came out from under the stairway . |
| 14 | The greatest examples have been lost completely : Old S. Peter 's , built in 330 by Constantine , was replaced by the great basilica now standing on the same site , S. John in Lateran has been considerably altered . |
| 15 | Even standing on the same broad step as him , she seemed pitifully small . |
| 16 | But Derek and I both made mistakes at first ; simple things really , such as accidentally standing on the creance just as the bird came across , so that the poor thing got dumped . |
| 17 | Probably in the nature of ten percent of what is actually standing on the ground in terms of trees is taken out of each logging in question . |