Example sentences of "as [pron] stood on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was once full of treasures , but all I could think about as I stood on the battlemented roof , looking out over the Aegean , was that a disciple of Christ 's had sat in his cell in a little monastery half-way up the hill recording the extraordinary revelations he had been vouchsafed . |
| 2 | As I stood on the tufted grass , surrounded by natural beauty , I felt as if I 'd come to another world |
| 3 | As she stood on the crimson carpet , hesitating , the chandeliers suddenly flashed on , dispelling the gloom . |
| 4 | The other two men were hit by the two gunmen as they stood on a nearby footpath at the spot where black taxis operate up and down Belfast 's Falls Road . |
| 5 | Poacher Marino Malerba , 35 , shot a stag dead as it stood on an overhanging rock in Trento , Italy . |
| 6 | His heart thumped as he stood on the Yugoslav border and stared through the night at the nearby fields in Hungary . |