Example sentences of "he stood [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He stood in the crude stirrups of his saddle and smelled the air hard , seeming satisfied . |
| 32 | He stood in the crude stirrups of his saddle and smelled the air hard , seeming satisfied . |
| 33 | As he stood in the torrential rain , and peered this way and that , the Mason and Garvey stood with their arms round each other 's shoulders , in the doorway of the inn , watching him in puzzled amusement . |
| 34 | He was certainly no taller than me and he stood in an instinctive boxer 's crouch . |
| 35 | There he stood before the official inquiry in his crisp , bemedalled marine uniform , his voice breaking with emotion as he lectured the assembled politicians on what was in the nation 's interests as if he himself had just invented patriotism . |
| 36 | Pulling himself up from the floor he stood before the dying fire , his short fat legs and large stomach making Michael feel sick inside . |
| 37 | He was waiting for a couple of soluble aspirin to break up in a glass of water as he stood before the opened mirror-cabinet . |
| 38 | He stood against the rust-streaked wall of the refrigerator factory , his thin tail clamped against the November drizzle , lower lip dangling . |
| 39 | He was wounded at the siege of Leith in 1560 and nine years later he stood against the northern rising , subsequently advising on the defence of the northern border . |
| 40 | He stood like an immovable obstacle in front of his younger brother . |
| 41 | She glared at Hank as he stood by the front door ready to open it for the paper 's representatives , and tried not to scream while these gentlemen put on their boots again . |
| 42 | Panting with anticipation he stood by the nailed boards as the men inside opened the yard gate . |
| 43 | He stood by the large window , looking down on the lights of Leeds . |
| 44 | He brushed aside new-bursting buds that slapped at his face , until he stood by the rust-eaten iron gates , watching the hearse accelerate down the road . |
| 45 | He stood by the empty grate , resting an elbow on the mantelpiece , so as almost to prod the Meissen shepherds and shepherdesses . |