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Simple sentences
The boy standing by the door is my brother.
John was standing alone in the room with his arms folded.
The boy standing over there is my son.
He was standing at the door.
I don't believe I'm even standing here.
I'm surprised that building is still standing.
Tom was standing by the fence.
Where were they standing?
Tom received a standing ovation.
I could no longer keep standing.
A stroller is standing in front of the store.
He saw her standing on the platform.
I can't work with you standing there.
Do you know the man standing on the bridge?
Standing as it does on a hill, the hotel commands a fine view of the bay.
Look at that tower standing on the hill.
British people are used to standing in queues.
I'm worn out, because I've been standing all day.
The girl standing over there is Mary.
There being no vacant seat in the bus, I kept on standing.
A truck was standing in the middle of the road.
Please remain standing.
Who's that boy standing at the door?
The crane was standing on one leg.
There is no sense in standing when there are seats available.
Look at that building standing on the hill.
The hall was filled with such a large audience that there wasn't even standing room.
Movie subtitles
He's even having Diethard and Rakshata standing by.
Except maybe those nice English clocksl I'm standing here in the heart of the Forbidden City entirely surrounded by clocks.
I'm standing on a crane in the biggest shipyard in China.
I mean, it, obviously, it ripped the deer while it was standing here.
This is really. will you keep me standing here?
What have we said about standing places, quietly waiting for people?
Now who's standing up to a two-year-old? Mm-hmm. All right, my little monkey.
I just dreamed about him standing there, waiting for me at the altar.
Once the world's tallest free-standing structure built right here at Front and John.
Why are we standing in front of a window during wartime like this?
I remember standing in the closet, half-dressed, reaching for my shoes when I saw that you had drawn this little heart In the dust on my shoe.
She thought she saw her dead foster sister standing before her.
What I meant was if we had a nice bungalow. and I came home from work and you were standing by the gate.
No, you came home from work and I was standing by the gate.
The guys standing over there are the politicians.
Not long afterwards, Elsalill had a peculiar dream. She thought she saw her dead foster sister standing before her.
I heard the shot. And I saw Coleman standing there over him.
Why are you standing there?
Comrade chairman, the tractor is standing still!
The tractor can't be standing still.
It's no longer standing. Why? It was metal on the outside, but hollow inside.
You'll never find them standing around.
You've stood that boy against a wall, just as surely as you're standing there.
I was standing on the ladder while you were pulling the piano up and the block and t.
Right where the horses have been standing, where you belong.
Easy dough for standing outside and listening to a gun go off?
He was standing in the lobby.
A week ago, I was standing in line, holding a tuna baguette, queuing up for easyJet.
At least we're still standing, eh?
What are all of you looking at standing there?
Because I don't understand these things, in the future, if the official positions in the United States government have a standing, call me again to let me know.
I DIDN'T DO IT. YES, YOU DID. OTHERWISE, I WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE STANDING HERE.
Paula. What have we said about standing places, quietly waiting for people?
I remember standing in the closet, half-dressed, reaching for my shoes when I saw that you had drawn this little heart in the dust on my shoe.
Now, we'll take lot number 25, right where you're standing.
Have you never heard of standing in line?
News and current affairs
Worse yet, discretionary non-defense spending includes programs that are indispensable for economic growth - and economic growth is indispensable for America's future prosperity and global standing.
It is far from clear if he would have prevailed, given his lack of an independent political base, but his international prestige and standing might have given him a chance if he would have chosen to throw the gauntlet.
A side benefit for the EU's standing in the world could be that the World Trade Organization's stalled Doha negotiations could be restarted once farmers in developing countries are assured of getting a fair deal from Europe.
A number of countries, including Denmark, the Netherlands, the US, and Belgium, have long-standing fiscal watchdog agencies, such as the US Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
This aristocratic tradition of standing above the narrow strains of ethnic nationalism may be the best argument to hang on to royalty a little longer.
In the meantime, both sides risk disrupting transfer payments (including to the elderly) and the provision of public services, as well as eroding further America's global credit standing.
The result has been utter failure: military defeat and a severe degradation of America's moral standing.
The Palestinian issue is not the source of all the Middle East's ills, but its resolution would dramatically improve America's standing among Arabs.
To its credit, the World Bank recognized this mistake in a scathing internal evaluation of its long-standing agricultural policies last year.
When he rightly opposed America's war against Iraq, the pride of standing up to the world's only superpower was palpable.
By continuing to support Assad despite his use of chemical weapons, Russia's standing in the Arab world has gone from patron to pariah.
What little moral and political standing Russian President Vladimir Putin has retained in the rest of the world is also evaporating, as he will soon discover at the upcoming G-20 Summit in Saint Petersburg.
By lifting the half-hearted sanctions imposed by the 14 members of the EU on Austria in February, any talk about Europe standing for a community of values sounds even more hollow than ever before.
The deaths of Yasir Arafat and of Sheikh Zayd, the long-standing ruler of the United Arab Emirates, continues the generational change that began in 1999-2000, when the leaders of Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, and Syria died in quick succession.
He saw one black male standing inside the house and asked him to come out.
Another is that the US needs to do more to lead in the way that its international standing demands.
But the two-step scenario involves incremental risks to the US economy, and to its standing in the global system.
The liberalization process has exposed the country's long-standing religious divisions, leading to a wave of sectarian violence aimed primarily at the minority Muslim community.
Even now, Yanukovych is attempting to amend tax rules in order to disqualify the popular Vitali Klitschko, a champion boxer and former German resident, from standing for President.
Moreover, Congress will resist rolling back any of the long-standing economic sanctions against Cuba.
But, according to a 2012 poll, more Europeans believe that violence against Jews is fueled by long-standing anti-Semitic attitudes, rather than anti-Israel sentiment.
There are also long-standing border disputes between China and India, and between India and China's ally, Pakistan.