Example sentences of "stand [conj] [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We both stand and stare at the man , and at the blood spreading amongst the red hair . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Beuno stood and looked at the blaze he had made . |
| 8 | He stood and looked at the piano . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Ted stood and stared at the apparition in amazement , unable to believe the sight of his old friend before his eyes . |