Example sentences of "[pron] stood for [art] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took off his glasses and put his arms around her waist , and they stood for a while facing one another . |
| 2 | He stood for a while staring at them . |
| 3 | Without showing any sign of emotion he stood for a while at the head of the bier . |
| 4 | Out in the street he stood for a while , obstructing the pavement . |
| 5 | He stood for a while , watching the pyrotechnic chaos in the yard below , then moved slowly back into the banqueting hall . |
| 6 | He stood for a while in the darkness , hoping that perhaps one of the nuns , Lady Amelia or Dame Agatha , would follow him out , but no one came . |
| 7 | He stood for a while , looking round about at the quiet dunes and the settling birds . |
| 8 | And as Morse opened his passenger door , he stood for a while looking up at the Pole Star , and asking himself the question he had been asking for the past two hours : was there any way in which Downes could still have been the murderer after all ? |