Example sentences of "[art] [noun] had be standing " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not say that a week ago the boy had been standing under the monkey-puzzle in the middle of the night , looking up at the windows of the house . |
| 2 | The shop had been standing empty for some time , and needed a great deal of work . |
| 3 | Explosions : red flames and chunks of rock spouted from the slopes where the Counsellors had been standing . |
| 4 | Now the grey dew had gone from the grass , pats of dung steamed where the cattle had been standing , and Cameron , in his shirt-sleeves with a cloth tying back his long black hair , was supervising the winching up of timbers for the roof . |
| 5 | The servant who passed the story on to the firefighters had been standing nearby taking in all that was being said until a glance from Meredith Putt through the partly open door sent her scuttling upstairs to complete her work , filled with apprehension by what she had just heard . |
| 6 | The bastard had been standing silently between her legs all the time : leering over her torment . |
| 7 | The pair had been standing , along with Mr Davidson 's father and business partner and other employees at Bridge Street , about 250 yards from the scene of the blast . |