Example sentences of "he stand [adv] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stands aside from the path and is warned that he tramples on sown seed . |
| 2 | There was a definite warning in his eyes now , as he stood away from the door-frame and folded his arms across his chest . |
| 3 | As he spoke , so Ray Doyle 's voice hardened , and he stood up from the armchair , hoping that Jack Stone was getting the message : the favour was over . |
| 4 | He stood up from the flight deck console and crossed over to where Postine lay , successfully sedated , on a buttress . |
| 5 | His account of Halifax 's great service to his country — when he stood aside from the offer of the wartime premiership , leaving it for Churchill ( then regarded as an unstable gangster by Chamberlainite Tories ) is considerably more convincing than Churchill 's own highly-coloured account . |
| 6 | Panting , heart pounding , he stood back from the door and waited , safe in the knowledge that the dog was too big to squeeze herself through the gap allowed by the safety-chain . |
| 7 | He stood out from the rest of the mob with his silver hair and stacked shoes . |
| 8 | He stood out from the pack . |
| 9 | And then suddenly he appeared , making her heart smile inside her , as he stood out from the crowd with his shock of bright blond hair . |