Example sentences of "stand [adv] [adv] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since such a review stands rather apart from the rest of the material , it is presented separately , in Appendix A , where we consider what syntax is and is not , and the difficulties that have beset previous attempts to explain it , of which the principal result has been an implicit acceptance of what may be called the " perspicuity of grammar " . |
| 2 | The palace stands far back from the river , its only access being through fields and orchards which protect it against the vagaries of the Thames . |
| 3 | ‘ People have to stand well back from the edge of the pavement or else risk being splashed by the mud and water spilling from these ‘ sealed ’ lorries , ’ he said . |
| 4 | If the spokesman risks this hazardous operation , he should stand well back from the edge of the pavement or risk being splashed by the mud and water spilling from these ‘ sealed lorries . ’ |
| 5 | standing well away from the child ; |
| 6 | I looked at Quigley , who was standing well away from the crowd . |
| 7 | Also standing well back from the grave , Mike Treloar , the printing works foreman , supported himself on a stick . |
| 8 | He looked back from the road , and could still see her in her white dress , standing modestly apart from the dancers . |
| 9 | Sunset Cottage stood well back from the lane , on rising ground . |