Example sentences of "stand [adv] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside , I was barely able to stand upright at the highest point , for I was head and shoulders taller than my sinister host ; and it did not escape my notice that the roof at its highest point was infested with cobwebs , in the corners of which sat large square spiders . |
| 2 | At Finsbury Park tube a shambling white man comes up , blood from a cut drying on his brow , trying to beg with dignity and stand up at the same time . |
| 3 | They were standing together at the very edge of the platform on which the morning room was constructed . |
| 4 | increase in value added tax — but he is standing down at the general election . |
| 5 | She remembered her mother , standing squarely at the front door , fending off supplicants from the village school Parent-Teacher Association , the Darby and Joan Club , the summer Fete ; Greystones never had jumble . |
| 6 | At that time there was only one other customer , an old man standing quietly at the far end , near the door . |
| 7 | Mr Clark , 64 , who stood down at the last election , had assured him that he had not advised companies to conceal military use when preparing export licence applications . |
| 8 | Programme assistant Ian Edgar stood in at the last minute . |
| 9 | The following Tuesday , the chairman of the Tory party stood up at the Tory party conference and said , ’ We are going to wipe out Labour at the next general election . ’ |
| 10 | He stood up at the same time as she did , and caught her as she made for the door . |
| 11 | At last , at dinner one evening , the conversations and laughter died away raggedly as Duart stood up at the high table and raised his hand . |