Sentence examples for turn standing from inspiring English sources

Vallejo waited her turn, standing within a small coterie of supporters.

Take the Discworld itself, a flat disc balanced on the backs of four elephants who are in turn standing on the shell of a giant turtle.

What amounts for most tourists to a wait in line followed by a photo-opportunity star turn — standing in the exact geometric corner point, typically, or splayed with a limb in each state — was denied by chain link.

She spent a whole afternoon watering each one of them in turn, standing with the hose, looking out over the backs of her cattle to the mountains that hunched white and silent above the valley.

"The state treats theprecariat as necessary, but a group to be criticised, pitied, demonised, sanctioned or penalised in turn," Standing says: the trick was pioneered by New Labour, and is used on an almost daily basis by the current government.

Instead of bending the well-established rules of the line to benefit the interests of the wealthiest among us, let's relax and wait in lines as we always have — waiting our turn, standing in order, like reasonable adults, the kind who care about other people.

Mr. Altangerel and his friends take turns standing guard.

They took turns standing watch, alternating with their parents, day and night.

I could have people standing in the hall and take turns standing inside".

A handful of men from his tribe, the Qaissy, took turns standing watch around the clock.

The victims took turns standing at a lectern in State Supreme Court in Manhattan and calling for a harsh sentence.