Example sentences of "a [noun] stand at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again a scientist stands at the point which has at present been reached within a long tradition of enquiry . |
| 2 | The second man was seen by a witness standing at the entrance to Martlesham underpass at the A1214 roundabout at about 11.30 am on Thursday , February 11 . |
| 3 | A woman stood at the tavern door , shouting at the crowd . |
| 4 | A woman stood at the door of the French window , half in the verandah . |
| 5 | Imagine , if you will , a beaver standing at the base of Hoover Dam , saying ‘ Well , it was my idea ’ . |
| 6 | It may help readers to visualize this unmarked deictic centre if they can imagine a four-dimensional space , composed of the three dimensions of space plus that of time , in which a speaker stands at the centre . |
| 7 | Someone once felt it worth fortifying ; beneath grey-white nun Can , a castle stands at the roadside , formidable and hostile even in bright warm sunshine . |