Sentence examples for buy standing from inspiring English sources

They take their character from the Promenaders, or Prommers: the devoted listeners who buy standing room on the arena floor directly in front of the stage and, since the festival moved to the vast Royal Albert Hall in 1941, high aloft in the gallery.

In 1983, on his first trip to the United States, he spent $8 of his $35 to buy standing room at the Met where Luciano Pavarotti performed in "Ernani," Mr. Tian's first real opera.

One novice we know got so mesmerized reading a 1959 newspaper review of the joint on the restroom wall that he lost all track of time, left 20 minutes late and had to buy standing room at "Thoroughly Modern Millie" after they wouldn't let him into "Proof".

They work on a shoestring budget, buying standing tickets for trains and bedding down in the cheapest hotels.

Helen Quinn, who for more than 30 years presided firmly over the Metropolitan Opera patrons who lined up every Saturday morning to buy standing-room tickets for the next week's performances, died on Wednesday at her home in Manhattan.

And what about picking up half-price tickets for the revered London theater at the TKTS booth at Leicester Square or buying standing room, less than £10 (about $15 at $1.49 to the pound), at Shakespeare's Globe.

He usually buys standing-room tickets ($15), and the ushers, who know him well, guide him to the empty seats.

Tickets for the lunch, attended by 600, were priced at $1,000, $1,500 and $2,000, with another 100 people buying standing-room only tickets for $100.

I went with my dad, and we bought standing-room only seats at Tulane Stadium.

Traveling everywhere by bicycle or buying standing-room tickets on trains, Liu's team scoured the northeast looking for contracts.

At Cowboys Stadium, fans can buy a standing golf bag, a Kobe beef burger and thong underwear emblazoned with the team's star logo.