Example sentences of "[adv prt] a position [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Together they barely had time to take up a position at the far door , seize a loaded gun , drop to one knee , and aim as , with a final heave , the bulging mass of bodies exploded into the room , followed by the living . |
| 2 | Soon afterwards she took up a position at the hospital . |
| 3 | Edward took up a position at the door-post . |
| 4 | Here I took up a position with the grand title of ‘ Consultant ’ . |
| 5 | There was no sign of Benny , but Ace assumed that the Professor had taken up a position on the other side of the stanchion . |
| 6 | Robert took up a position on the boundary , fairly near to the maths master . |
| 7 | One eye shifts right round the body so that it takes up a position alongside the other . |
| 8 | He edged his way through the standing drinkers and for a moment she thought he was going to join her , but he merely nodded and drifted down the room , taking up a position by the wall where he seemed to become engrossed in watching the efforts of a group of youngsters on the one-armed bandit . |
| 9 | She then went to Victoria Station and bought a return ticket to Epsom , where she took up a position in the pressing crowd on the inside rails at Tattenham Corner , a few yards before the runners reach the straight . |
| 10 | Insiders may decide to defer public disclosure so that they may first build up a position in the relevant shares . |
| 11 | Most of my friends collapsed thankfully on to their beds , but I slunk down the long flights of stone stairs and took up a position in the foyer where I could watch the front door . |