staning in front vs standing in the front

Some examples from the web:

• Making threats in front of impressionable family.
• I didn't, you kept putting me in front of you, so I put you in front of me, who was me in front of you.
• I went in front of the court, in front of Mr. Ciavarella, and I wasn't even in front of him for 4 minutes.
• Indeed, young children now spend more time in front of the computer than in front of the television.
• Louis Zabel, 75, apparently jumped in front of an oncoming train in front of hundreds of bystanders.
• PutTiti in front, in front of the picture.
• That doesn't mean you have to humiliate me in front of the entire world, in front of my son.
• In front of my friends, in front of Vanessa.
• And one of your Occupy idiots jumped in front of the cab in front of me in an Uncle Sam costume this morning and we slammed into a honey wagon.
• This dimension may be gradually reduced in front of this line.
• They are waiting for you in front of the door.
• There is a small garden in front of my house.
• There is a garden in front of the house.
• There is a bank in front of the station.
• There is a car in front of the building.
• The shop is just in front of the station.
• The women are in front of a library.
• The car is parked in front of the building.
• I wash my car in front of the house without any problems.
• There is a stranger in front of the house.

Some examples from the web:

• Standing in the front yard. Tellin' me, how I'm such a fool. Talkin' 'bout, I'll never ever find a man like you. You got me twisted. You must not know about me, you ...
• Jan 9, 2013 ... And it's my mine name that is on that tag. So remove your bags let me call you a cab. Standing in the front yard telling me. How I'm such a fool, ...
• Standing in the front yard, telling me. How I'm such a fool, talking 'bout. How I'll never ever find a man like you. You got me twisted. You must not know about me
• A man many people think strongly resembles Lee Harvey Oswald is pictured standing in the front entrance of the Book Depository Building. If it is, in fact, Oswald ...