Example sentences of "they stood [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stood just outside the front door . |
| 2 | At the corner of Bowyers Row they stood aside as a huge , wooden wagon rolled by , pulled by four horses , their manes hogged , eyes blinkered and nostrils flaring at the corrupting smell of death . |
| 3 | They stood quietly in the light rain , and more than half of them sucked at their ice creams . |
| 4 | But as they stood there with the white jasmine making an aura of perfume around their heads , something in the mood of the evening seemed to change . |
| 5 | They stood there on the high stone balcony , the seven great lords of Chung Kuo , the sky a perfect blue overhead , the early morning sunlight glistening from the imperial yellow of their silks . |
| 6 | They stood there in a frightened cluster . |
| 7 | A few days before Monica died , they stood together by the open window , looking towards the sunset . |