Example sentences of "was standing [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of Dr. Arthur 's trial , a Mrs. Carr , who had been born without arms , was standing as an independent pro-life candidate in a forthcoming by-election . |
| 2 | Ten minutes later , he was standing as a customer in another shop , the kind of shop that he 'd only previously ever visited in a raid . |
| 3 | He came to the door , said he was standing as a candidate , but did n't say he was from the BNP . |
| 4 | Anderson , half turned from her , was standing across the way . |
| 5 | When the ringing subsided , Biff Thacker was standing over her , with Rose at his side , clutching a bobbin , and the machine was still clattering backwards and forwards . |
| 6 | But I just lay there , rigid , as if some wizard was standing over me with his arm raised holding a black wand and declaiming , Robina Marquis you are turned to marble . |
| 7 | Or he was wounded and weak ; he had fallen ; Sam was standing over him . |
| 8 | He was standing over me as he said this , in his characteristic lecturing pose , the edge of a desk slotted firmly into his lack of backside . |
| 9 | Then Teng was standing over her , his breathing heavy and irregular , a strange excitement in his face . |
| 10 | Wendell Harvey was slumped in one of the armchairs and the doctor was standing over him . |
| 11 | He was standing over the reeking individual now , peering close to get a look at the face . |
| 12 | It was the sight of the huge animal that was standing over Sir Hugo . |
| 13 | A moment later the wizard was standing over him , shouting , ‘ Tell it that if it singes me I 'll let the sword go ! |
| 14 | She looked up and saw that he was standing over her . |
| 15 | The stench grew worse , making her gag , but it was not until Isabel was standing over the motionless form that she realised why . |
| 16 | Guido was standing over her now in that dominating way he had , making her sit up even straighter and stretch her neck even more . |
| 17 | He was standing over her . |
| 18 | He came to a stop when he was standing over her . |
| 19 | I was writing all the stuff , all this weirdo stuff , and he was standing over me looking at me , looking at what I was writing . |
| 20 | His penis was standing through the cotton slit , throbbing . |
| 21 | But she was standing between them , a small , slim , erect figure with an air of quiet attention , apparently unharmed and unalarmed . |
| 22 | He was standing between Delia Sutherland and the others , facing her . |
| 23 | He was standing between the curtains and the windows of the ballroom of the Steam Packet Hotel , on the railway pier at Gallanach . |
| 24 | Amaranth was sobbing wildly , Barton was fiddling with his dictaphone , and Mrs de Crespigny was standing between them , her hands on her hips and her legs placed firmly apart . |
| 25 | And love was standing outside the local supermarket collecting signatures for the campaign to keep Family Allowance as a separate benefit . |
| 26 | She 'd come out of the house and was standing outside the door . |
| 27 | I was standing outside laughing , and they took a picture of me standing there laughing . |
| 28 | The left side is a highly sophisticated computer which , under deep hypnosis , would give you the data registered five years ago recording the number , make and colour of the car which was standing outside your home at the time . |
| 29 | Now she was standing outside my school in a black floppy hat and long green coat , waiting for another boy . |
| 30 | If a would-be burglar was standing outside your front or rear door , how many neighbours could see him ? |