A soldier at the KOP was shot while stand-ing at one of the piss tubes. ❋ Unknown (2010)
"Try coupling the name with daft," drawled another, sound-ing so smug that it was all Kyrtian could do to keep from stand-ing up and going for the fellow's throat. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2002)
Celia smothered the gasp that rose to her lips, stand-ing there frozen for a few seconds while she watched him walk over and settle himself on the sofa in front of the fireplace. ❋ Lee, Miranda (2001)
He thought he ran with it for a step-maybe even two or three steps-and then he was lifted off his feet and hurled at the fence, where Cuthbert was no longer stand-ing; Cuthbert was sprawled on his back, staring up at something behind Roland. ❋ King, Stephen (1997)
"Who are you?" the sergeant asked coldly, stand-ing up in the saddle. ❋ Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- (1994)
He refused the wine offered him by Brother Burgon and remained stand-ing when most of the clergy chose to sit, his pale arms crossed over his broad chest. ❋ Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- (1994)
Twice he lurched into shadowy doorways, stand-ing breathlessly still until a squadron of soldiers rattled by on the moonlit street, Lunitari spangling their bronze armor with a blood-red light. ❋ Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- (1994)
He stood, and at his stand-ing, the camp fell silent. ❋ Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- (1994)
The young buck stand-ing behind you and pointing that toy pistol in my face might live, but only until he hits the water ... and hit it he would, because this bridge has been hangin by a thread these last forty year, and all it'd take to finish it is one little push. ❋ King, Stephen, 1947- (1991)
He heard a discreet cough and, swivelling around to face the door to his cubicle, he saw Tomi Yazawa stand-ing on the threshold. ❋ Lustbader, Eric (1990)
When he turned back, he saw that MacGregor was stand-ing. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1990)
Forty or fifty goblins and ogres and whatnot were stand-ing around gossiping while a group of city ratmen got set to load the bodies on wagons for delivery to crematoria. ❋ Cook, Glen (1988)
The middle; aged woman stand-ing next to Frazier held her rifle cradled loosely beneath her right arm. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1985)
"Over there," I pointed to four or five soldiers stand-ing around a prone man in a thicket of leafless trees. ❋ Mason, Robert (1983)
He turned to the open lock and those stand-ing there. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1982)
Elfa was stand-ing behind them, peering almost shyly into the glassy blackness. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1979)
She saw the handsome young man with the scar-let cloak, stand-ing by the side of it. ❋ James Baldwin (1883)
