Example sentences of "stand and [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | We both stand and stare at the man , and at the blood spreading amongst the red hair . |
2 | As a few of us stand and look at the Germans , Mills Roberts appears with a few of his Officers . |
3 | ‘ He used to go down there and stand and look at the frieze Bulkeley was carving ; the one that will surmount the cart and later be hung in the chantry chapel at the other end of this house . |
4 | A Shamen show is designed so you do n't just stand and stare at the band : and though the live act might be the heart of the show , the spectacle of Colin ( cropped Aberdeen curls , Trotsky shades ) , and Will ( shoulder length braided locks , shabby green fatigues ) is only part of an evening of light , music and effects that now involves around ten people . |
5 | Today he was quiet all right , standing and looking at the weather maps with the rest of his crew , smoking a cigarette with jerky hands . |
6 | Do not attempt to give massage at floor level when standing and bending at the waist ; this is even more harmful to your back than using a bed . |
7 | When a few minutes later , amid the oohs and aahs from the three women , she stood and looked at the person staring back at her from the long mirror , she could n't believe it was herself . |
8 | Beuno stood and looked at the blaze he had made . |
9 | He stood and looked at the piano . |
10 | It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames . |
11 | He had completed another revolution of the prescribed path , and the man still stood and stared at the fences , and his shoulders were not hunched as if the cold no longer concerned him . |
12 | Carter dealt out the oxygen cylinders while Ralph stood and stared at the smoke billowing out of the third floor of McKay 's department store . |
13 | Ted stood and stared at the apparition in amazement , unable to believe the sight of his old friend before his eyes . |
14 | There were three or four cinemas round here — I stood and gazed at the pictures outside and thought , ‘ Space , cowboys and sex . |