Example sentences of "it stand [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he admitted : ‘ If keepers make a mistake it stands out like a sore thumb . |
| 2 | It stands out like a sore thumb . |
| 3 | It stand out like a sore thumb sometimes when I 'm with them , I find people with handicapped children are real people , are people who are people with their children being , talking to them , instead of things that they can give them , you know . |
| 4 | Does a certain relationship retain its explanatory power for a number of countries rather than just for one — can it stand up to a comparative analysis ? |
| 5 | When they played the song at London 's Borderline recently , it stood out like a radioactive rabbit on a nudist beach , primarily because most of the remainder of the set collapsed like a drunk deck of cards . |