Example sentences of "[was/were] standing on [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt as though she were standing on the edge of a great chasm , with him on the other side urging her to jump across to him . |
| 2 | He had come to the banqueting hall in order to have a look at the river from the roof ; the river had risen and widened so much that the entire countryside seemed to be sliding past and one felt as if one were standing on the deck of a ship . |
| 3 | They were standing on the side of the road , with the forest behind them and the Robemaker 's Workshops directly ahead . |
| 4 | And we were standing on the end of the house and I thought I had nothing to tie that down with but there were concrete blocks there I had a pile of those in the corner and well it took the whole blooming thing . |
| 5 | And then the silence of the hillside was rent by a further sound , a high buzzing at first like a gigantic and enraged wasp , and then a roar and a rending of the air , so that Molly felt as though she were standing on the bridge of a warship and some huge Exocet missile was being hurled in her direction . |
| 6 | He was standing on a kind of pedestal a little above the others , thrusting both arms up into the air . |
| 7 | Yet , looking into those liquid dark eyes , Fran could n't help the sudden feeling that she was standing on the verge of something so mind-blowing that it made her afraid . |
| 8 | He was standing on the edge of the group that included Flavia Sherman , Jacques and Paul Devraux and half-a-dozen Moi trackers , but his mind was only half on the hunt to come . |
| 9 | It went against the grain to meekly obey , but the look in his eyes told her in no uncertain terms that she was standing on the edge of a minefield . |
| 10 | So Richie 's Hotline pocket phone became the channel for a very high level communication and all the while he was standing on the grass of the main grandstand . |
| 11 | ‘ Aye , where else ? ’ she said as she , too , rose from the settle and returned to the couch , from where she watched him go to the box that was standing on the end of the sideboard , and from it take a piece of silver , then button his coat across his broad chest , take his cap from his pocket and , having put it on at an angle , salute her , saying , ‘ Your servant , madam . ’ |
| 12 | I was standing on the side of the stage watching him . |
| 13 | He was standing on the pavement of a street called Southampton Row . |
| 14 | J. Marshall , Tanners Hill Cottage , Crook : I was standing on the steps of Durham Crown Court waiting to go in the public gallery , the assizes were on . |