Example sentences of "she [vb past] stand [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until that last few minutes , when she 'd stood in the doorway of the room and watched Nigel making love to another girl . |
| 2 | At any rate she came to stand by the bureau . |
| 3 | Pushing roughly past him , she went to stand at the window , her back to him . |
| 4 | She left the pages where they lay , one-dimensional flakes littering the murky floor , and she went to stand by the balcony window again . |
| 5 | Remembering how she had stood on the tower battlements the next morning , watching her knight ride away . |
| 6 | He explained she had to stand in the wings directing the beam of a torch at a strategically placed mirror which would send a reflection of light dancing across the back-cloth of Never-Never Land . |
| 7 | She continued to stand at the edge of the plateau . |
| 8 | She continued to stand in the middle of the kitchen , ablaze . |
| 9 | She wanted to stand on the balcony and look out over the roofs , listen to the strange sounds and watch the cars and scooters rushing by in the street below . |