Example sentences of "stood [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1880 he had had a political fling and stood as a Liberal candidate for the City of London in favour of disestablishment , temperance legislation , social and political reform . |
| 2 | He was Hampshire 's coach in 1939 and stood as a first-class umpire in 1949 , the year before his death . |
| 3 | Mr Clark , who stood as a parliamentary candidate in Motherwell North at the last election , added : ‘ I very much welcome the council group decision to demonstrate its confidence in Alex Salmond . ’ |
| 4 | In 1941 he stood as an independent candidate in four by-elections ; but although he retained his deposit on each occasion , there was to be no political comeback for this highly cantankerous patriot . |
| 5 | Dr Clarke , a retired headmaster who once stood as the Liberal candidate for Edinburgh Pentlands , is a prominent member of the far right . |
| 6 | Kinloch stood as the Whig candidate in the election that followed , and in December of that year was elected the first MP for the borough . |
| 7 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
| 8 | I stood for a long time in a telephone box just to keep out of the slicing rain . |
| 9 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
| 10 | When he had gone , she stood for a long time in front of the looking-glass that hung over the fire , her hands pressed to her cheeks , her face quite alive with excitement . |
| 11 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
| 12 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
| 13 | In 1940 Roosevelt broke with tradition and stood for a third term of office . |
| 14 | Her fragmentation into little states , split between Protestantism and Catholicism , has been exacerbated by a split between those who wanted Western or Eastern orientation : the West , represented by the rationalism and domination of France , the liberalism and mercantilism of England , or the modernism of the United States , stood for the individual standing in a contractual relationship to society , nation-statehood and world political power ; while the East , represented by Russia and Asia beyond implied culture , tradition , anti-modernism , barbarity , community and political romanticism . |
| 15 | The latter formerly stood opposite the main entrance to the mill . |
| 16 | A young lady stood near the very centre of the circle , still on the arm of a much older gentleman whose attentive pose betokened a parental or protective association with his eager , fashionable young companion , who behaved as if she were very conscious of being watched and admired . |
| 17 | Molassi sat cross legged next to a thin column of bright white light , which stood like a radiant strut at the centre of the chamber . |
| 18 | He stood like an immovable obstacle in front of his younger brother . |
| 19 | What told most against Pétain , however , was that while Joffre , Foch and de Castelnau all swam vigorously with the current , he alone stood against the prevailing tide of the de Grandmaison movement . |
| 20 | He stood against the rust-streaked wall of the refrigerator factory , his thin tail clamped against the November drizzle , lower lip dangling . |
| 21 | Then , as Moore stood with a third book in his hand , ready to throw , the rat squeaked and seemed to be afraid . |
| 22 | There was a stretch of curved gravel , edged with planks , near this end of the field ; six posts stood along the front edge of the gravel stand , and on top of each post there was a little flat piece of wood like a tray . |
| 23 | Blissfully unaware of the impending danger , Grant stood under the outer canopy of the treeline and eyed the cloud cover overhead , in time to see the moon slide out of sight . |
| 24 | Virginia pushed her bike on to the grass-verge and stood under the heavy foliage of the trees for shelter . |
| 25 | If a freeholder stood in no immediate need of a government office for himself , he would normally have sons or other relatives to provide for , and what other outlets were open to younger sons or brothers without capital save patronage appointments ? |
| 26 | Over a thousand men stood in a formed square on a muddy field somewhere in France , wondering if twelve weeks of training and ten days of ‘ acclimatisation ’ could possibly have made them ready to face the might of the German forces . |
| 27 | Originally it stood in a small church in Via San Pietrò which has long since disappeared , and was christened the ‘ Man of Stone ’ when it was repositioned . |
| 28 | The assembled crowd rejoiced at this unexpected joy , and Luch stood quietly unnoticed by the steps as they all turned away to where Abbot Kenneth stood in a perfect haze of delight . |
| 29 | Severed eyes are best potted individually in good clean garden soil and stood in a shallow bowl of water with their growing points submerged . |
| 30 | " Hullo my darlings , " Nicandra stood in a blinding shaft of sun , one hand held her shirt up to her chin , " How are you ? " |