Example sentences of "and i [be] standing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I dream of Strathspeld , and the long summers of my childhood passed in a trance of lazy pleasure , ending with that day , running through the woods ( but I turn away from that memory , the way I 've learned to over the years ) ; I wander again through the woods and the small , hidden glens , along the shores of the ornamental lochan and the river and its loch and I 'm standing near the old boathouse in that defeatingly bright sunlight , light dancing on water , and I see two figures , naked and thin and white in the grass beyond the reed beds , and as I watch them the light turns from gold to silver and then to white , and the trees seem to shrink in on themselves , leaves disappearing in the chill coruscations of that enveloping white blaze while the view all around me becomes brighter and darker at once and all is reduced to black and white ; trees are bare and black , the ground smother-smoothed in white and the two young figures are gone , while one even smaller one — booted , gloved , coat-tails flying behind — runs laughing across the white level of the frozen loch . |
| 2 | So I go back and I 'm standing in the doorway , and there 's this kid on the bed and he 's thrown up all over the cover and now he 's starting to shake . |
| 3 | Anyway , love it is that seems to have smacked me one now , and I 'm standing there hugging her in that thin nightdress and the thought of those bastards with the dog makes me squeeze her till it hurts . |
| 4 | The hostess became ill and I 'm standing in for her . |
| 5 | This is a special outing and he was supposed to be here to take charge of this lot , but the poor fellow 's down with jaundice and I 'm standing in for him . |
| 6 | and there 's people and then there 's a bit yeah er someone said to Aaron you 've got a bony arse and I 'm standing behind you and I 'm going yes Aaron you have a bony arse . |
| 7 | Early fog had cleared and the airport manager and I were standing on the tarmac lining up the motorcade when my car phone rang . |
| 8 | The men followed them and within a few moments lord Hulton and I were standing there just as before watching the tiny figures on the skyline , listening to the distant " Haow , haow ! " |
| 9 | This guy went out with Lee next day , and I was standing at the back of the 9th green when Lee 's manager came running up to me and said , ‘ Willie , you 've got to take the bag — Lee 's fired the other guy . ’ |
| 10 | Arthur Nicholls was sitting by her bed , and I was standing by the door . |
| 11 | But I stooped like lightning and got the nail up and into my skirt pocket — specially put on — and I was standing exactly as he left me when he jumped back . |
| 12 | The door was closed , and I was standing in darkness and an eddy of sandal-wood . |
| 13 | Well I tell you what I was doing , I was in the stern of the boat coming ashore with one oar in the stern of the boat , I was like hell you know , and I was standing on the sculling . |
| 14 | The first of the two meetings then was of the regional chairman of BAIE ( and I was standing in for ours in Scotland ) followed by a meeting of the Council of BAIE . |
| 15 | And I give him three mo cos I 'd give him three months guarantee with that , I thought yes and I was standing there on the phone and I thought you dare come back ! |
| 16 | I 'm standing there the silly bloke , he stood near where the gas equipment was and I was standing there both hands clenched ready for him to start saying something ! |
| 17 | And I was standing there going |