Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] stand [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard was standing on the afterdeck , wearing a Naval duffle coat , Arctic issue . |
| 2 | Therese was standing on the stage , Madge Grimsilk on her knees crouching and doing something to the bottom of Therese 's costume , which was most certainly not the hired costume . |
| 3 | Hawkins was standing at the top where he 'd climbed from the ladder and was gazing nonplussed at the strange scarecrow on the floor . |
| 4 | Detective Sergeant Maxham was standing on the doorstep . |
| 5 | Leeming was standing in the middle of the third car , surrounded by sheep who milled round his feet . |
| 6 | Johnny was standing in the doorway , with the light from the landing behind him . |
| 7 | Almost at that very moment Millie was standing before the Mother Superior , who was voicing that very word , politeness . |
| 8 | Luke Travis was standing at the top of the short flight of stone steps that led down to the garden . |
| 9 | When Clare got to the church , Father Kipling was standing in the forecourt , looking about rather anxiously . |
| 10 | Radford is standing for the chairmanship of the British Athletic Federation at its annual meeting of clubs in Birmingham on 20 March . |
| 11 | Vince was standing at the window , looking out . |
| 12 | When I rushed up to my room M was there sitting at the pembroke table ( Minny was standing by the wall — looking frightened , I think G.P. was there , too , and other people , for some peculiar reason ) and the picture was in shreds — great long strips of canvas . |
| 13 | Nancy was standing in the middle of the yard with her hands to her face , shouting about a black bogey she 'd seen at the window of the hayloft . |
| 14 | Ruth was standing by the window , isolated by intention , gazing out at one of the seven bridges built for access to the Seville Expo site . |
| 15 | Suragai was standing beside the gate into the street . |
| 16 | The old woman was crouched like a bundle of rags in the corner of the hut and Simon was standing in the open doorway . |
| 17 | Rodney was standing at the cooker . |
| 18 | Colling was standing behind the door with a coal shovel and hit the officer on the head , causing a cut which needed two stitches . |
| 19 | In the kitchen , Letty was standing near the black hob staring listlessly as the kettle hissed a rushing jet of steam towards her . |
| 20 | Roy was standing in the doorway , staring at the kitchen as if he was in the wrong house . |
| 21 | Tom was standing on the stone steps of the shop at the corner , waiting for him . |
| 22 | Tom was standing in the hallway , his cap and overcoat covered in a thin layer of drizzle . |
| 23 | ‘ And dangerous , ’ said Caspar , with a backwards glance to where Goibniu was standing before the fire in thy characteristic pose , thumbs in belt , surrounded by half a dozen or so of the others . |
| 24 | Matthew was standing in the darkness underneath the eaves . |
| 25 | Martin was standing at the furthermost edge of the terrace , looking over the gardens and down to the sea . |
| 26 | The Cadillac was standing in the middle of a small grassy field . |
| 27 | Fräulein Silber was standing by the high jump , one hand resting on the bar . |
| 28 | Corbett looked back across the galley to where Selkirk and de Craon were standing near the far ship rail . |
| 29 | Mother , Peter , and Phyllis were standing near the table , and there were twelve lighted candles on it , one for each of Bobbie 's years . |
| 30 | IRISH coach Cees Koppelaar is standing by the panel of players who missed out on World Cup qualification for the game against old rivals England next month . |