Example sentences of "were standing [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were puffins everywhere : the sky was full of whirring wings , and hundreds of birds were standing around on the grassy slope which was honeycombed with puffin burrows . |
| 2 | Unable to get a drink , the workers were standing around in the street listening to pacifist orators . |
| 3 | They were standing around in frozen postures like a group caught when the music stops in a game of Statues . |
| 4 | They were standing up at UFO and saying : ‘ This is fucking rubbish , people are being killed in Vietnam ’ , and some people would say ‘ It 's all in your head man ’ . |
| 5 | The Youngs were standing up in the dining room , ready to go to bed . |
| 6 | Gilbert and Frye were standing up against the glass panes of the reception area , staring out into the storm-ravaged night . |
| 7 | He noticed that the veins were standing out on Michael 's forehead and against his will felt a surge of apprehension . |
| 8 | Across the bridge in Aberfeldy more people than usual were standing about on the dried mud of the half-built streets . |
| 9 | Little clusters of guests were standing about on the cobblestones between the houses , looking at a loss . |
| 10 | They were standing about as if in a daze , gazing about at the littered corpses and wounded . |