Example sentences of "stood there [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She stood there for a long time , thinking the whole thing out . |
| 2 | She stood there like a dark messiah with some unseen flock before her , and Pete could n't help but begin to assemble shapes out of the grainy darkness and to give them solidity and movement . |
| 3 | I just stood there like a punch-drunk boxer , taking the punishment she was handing out . |
| 4 | I stood there like a half-opened penknife , splattering the forecourt noisily . |
| 5 | The cook stood there like a shrivelled bootlace , tight-lipped , implacable , disapproving . |
| 6 | They stood there in a frightened cluster . |