Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] on [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Even now if I look at a video the hair still stands up on the back of the neck , and you get that tingle on the spine .
2 The church tower stands out on the skyline in the middle of the village and the church dates from the 14th century , though extensively restored and to some extent rebuilt in Victorian times .
3 St Wenceslas and St Vitus stand up on the cornice with Adalbert , the first bishop of Prague , and St Procopius , the patron saint of the Slavs .
4 stand back on the stool by daddy .
5 The stories of what it was like there in the hours that followed , and of the lingering deaths of 31 of the most exposed people , make the hair stand up on the back of your neck .
6 People who 've seen it say it makes the hair stand up on the back of their necks . ’
7 It 's hard to resist the malevolent allure of the Third Reich , and when I telephoned Sibylle one evening a week or so later , the sound of her rich , Teutonic voice eloquently describing its owner 's activities in the Hitler Youth movement made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck .
8 Next day , the clan met out on the shore , where Eachuinn Odhar could stand up on the rocks among his officers , Donald Crubach at his side , and speak to all together .
9 Little clusters of guests were standing about on the cobblestones between the houses , looking at a loss .
10 David Damiani set off from here with his family in April 1948 , and it was not difficult to see how clearly the old factory and the church above the city must have stood out on the horizon as the Argentina slipped past the tide bar and steamed for Beirut .
11 The forty or so girls , dressed in mufti to mark their status as sixth-formers , stood up on the arrival of the speaker and his escort .
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