Example sentences of "be to stand [prep] the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technique is to stand across the seat and swing the adze backwards and forwards between your legs removing a shaving every time , without digging into the wood and stopping the tool . |
| 2 | This is a shower/dryer — all you do is to stand in the shower and let yourself be bathed in jets of warm air — it 's a more hygienic , effortless and invigorating way of drying off . |
| 3 | By the time she was ten years old the nearest she came to having a bath was to stand on the bathmat and sponge herself down . |
| 4 | All the tug could do then was to stand by the tow until the gale abated . |
| 5 | All he could do for the moment was to stand in the doorway and look about him . |