Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] from the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ferry was not big , but she dwarfed the harbour — she had to stand off from the jetty and land us by boat — and indeed the village . |
| 2 | Therefore we er we needed to do something that stands out from the crowd if you like to bring this to people 's attention . |
| 3 | By reacting in this way , Jane is able to stand back from the situation and it can not hurt her as it used to do . |
| 4 | Stand back from the house and observe the roof and gutters through binoculars . |
| 5 | Two other specialized functions , those of religion and industry , stand out from the mass and not surprisingly numerous settlements throughout the empire can be shown to have developed around important sanctuaries or centres of manufacturing and extraction . |
| 6 | Can certain individuals be directed in such a way that they stand out from the mass because they are the tellers of the story , the chief exponents in the drama or theme ? |
| 7 | We all like to think we stand out from the crowd and , in the past , the face has been seen as the key to unlocking our identity . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , dear me , ’ he said , standing back from the window and dusting himself down , wiping his face with a handkerchief . |
| 9 | Standing back from the lane and slightly below it , at the bottom of a weed-covered drive . |
| 10 | But at the end of the road was the big white house where Edward Morris lived , a gracious house standing out from the others because it sported white railings which guarded the small , well-kept garden . |
| 11 | In the sample of seven companies , one stood out from the others as having a very different and more sophisticated method of scanning the environment . |
| 12 | D'Arcy stood back from the patient and lit himself a small cigar . |
| 13 | Panting , heart pounding , he stood back from the door and waited , safe in the knowledge that the dog was too big to squeeze herself through the gap allowed by the safety-chain . |
| 14 | Cissy Salt , her baby face hard and cold as a coin , stood back from the couch and looked round at the trembling tearful group . |