Sentence examples for near the platform from inspiring English sources

In a caged pen near the platform, a sleeping dog woke up.

Another vessel is kept on standby near the platform all the time, in case of emergency.

A number of people climbed into trees near the platform where the entertainment was to take place.

"You couldn't get near the platform and people were spilling out of the station onto the road.

Coast Guard officials said that no oil could be seen on the water near the platform, contradicting an earlier report.

'The Harry Potter Shop' is situated near the platform 9 ¾ trolley at the newly refurbished King's Cross station and will open on Saturday 15 December.

And not quite under the shelter on the northbound platform, an old man, the sun behind him, just his crown ablaze; and heading southbound, a woman inching ever nearer the platform edge, the light a tear across her midriff, ribcage, shoulders, closer and closer that dearest thing, completeness, all her darkness light at the one time.

On that occasion your condition and demeanour, the result of your drinking, so shocked some of the audience nearest the platform that they left in shame and disgust... Tony Abbott's 2015 antics included shirtless post-coup partying, and chugging schooners with students in Sydney pubs.

With this possibility in mind, Gilroy and Pearce (2014) and Horne et al. (2012) ensured that the relevant landmarks were salient by using a task in which they were near to the platform.

To accommodate both the standard gauge trains of the GNR and the broad gauge trains of the GWR, the track was three-rail mixed gauge, the rail nearest the platforms being shared by both gauges.

Yet Sanjiang South station was in operation, with state-of-the-art bullet trains gliding up near-silently to the platform before zooming off and reaching speeds of up to 350kmh.