Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] stood [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For more than two hours I stood at bay while a nonstop torrent of crockery poured down on me ; thousands and thousands of plates , every one bearing a smear of cottage pie , a blob of cold gravy , a few adhering chips . |
| 2 | At the previous election I stood for election to a United Kingdom Parliament , as did the hon. Gentleman . |
| 3 | We held hands going to school every morning , Jimmy and I , and three times I stood on my head for him at Miss Annie 's to prove my love . |
| 4 | When Paul 's score at the 17th came on they were close to erupting , so while Nick signed his card I stood beside the 18th green . |
| 5 | The would-be seducer of the Fifties had to reckon with an armoury of uncooperative underwear which stood between him and his objective . |
| 6 | Moreover , by the mid-1960s , many economists had identified central planning — the engine of economic construction in the 1950s — as the culprit which stood in the way of modernisation and efficiency in production . |
| 7 | ‘ He said it did n't matter , ’ another voice joined in , and Edward himself stood in the doorway . |
| 8 | Again we were confronted by that vengeful force which stood in the way of same-sex lovers in Spain — especially if one was a foreigner , and one a Spaniard . |
| 9 | Gaitskell 's initiative , powerful and well-intentioned though it was , was counter-productive , reinforcing rather than dissolving the prejudices within the industry which stood in the way of a more rational pricing policy . |
| 10 | For the sake of our fans who stood by us through the lean years , I would love to bring it to Cliftonville . ’ |
| 11 | She felt the coolness of the fresh glass and looked at the stranger who stood beside her once more . |
| 12 | My daughter was intrigued by the statue-like posture of members of the Household Guards who stood at strategic points en route , not moving an eyelid . |
| 13 | Normally , all defendants in libel cases use the same solicitors and barristers , but where as here there is a conflict of interest , each would be entitled to separate representation and the authors who stood by their story would thus be able to disown the apology . |
| 14 | Without showing any sign of emotion he stood for a while at the head of the bier . |
| 15 | One of the founders so admired the puritan he stood for Parliament in 1968 under the banner of the John Hampden New Freedom Party . |
| 16 | For a few months he stood on a European par with Adler and Liebknecht and tried to take responsibility for Russians interned after the Brest–Litovsk peace . |
| 17 | After wiping the back of his hand across his mouth he stood on tip-toe and stretched up to brush her powdered sweet-smelling cheek with his lips . |
| 18 | My store of money began to dwindle but at last I found Le Coq d'Or , a dingy , two-storey building which stood at the mouth of one of the runnels on the far side of the Grand Pont opposite the elaborately carved Notre Dame Cathedral . |
| 19 | Mildred rushed to the washroom and seized the bucket which stood under the window there to catch drips from the leak in the ceiling . |
| 20 | Urim and Thummim ( 18:30 ) : two objects which stood for " yes " and " no " . |
| 21 | Rollers for the pump flat-rods or chains , and the winding chain , were positioned at intervals up the incline to a pivot and a wheel at the tunnel mouth , then along the tunnel to a balance-bob which stood on a platform cut out specially , and the winding chain over a heavy sheaved wheel above the shaft . |
| 22 | But I was awoken from my daydreaming by her calling me over to the large chest which stood beneath the window . |
| 23 | This figure is often confidently stated to copy a famous statue which stood on the Acropolis , the ‘ Sosandra ’ by Kalamis ( which in turn is identified , probably rightly , with an Aphrodite by the same artist on the same site ) . |
| 24 | The chimes of bells which stood in every district of the city were being rung as they sat down — both because the ringers had been amply bribed and because they thought it politic to honour Artai and his chief supporter — and a small orchestra of trumpets and tambours had been hired by a steward and was accommodated in the yard , so that Burun 's speech of welcome to his guests , as well as their affable replies , were conducted with much opening and shutting of mouths and a deal of dumb show . |
| 25 | Standing up , he gazed through the window at the massive gritstone ridge which stood against the sky on the other side of the main dale . |
| 26 | Alex picked a bloom from the large bouquet of mixed carnations which stood to one side of her desk and held it to her nose , savouring the cinnamon scent . |
| 27 | There , instead of going straight on towards Alice 's farm , they turned left for The Tiger 's Head , an old pub which stood off the road behind a dusty forecourt . |
| 28 | The only idea that seemed feasible was for the Collector to put on the rusty suit of armour which stood in the banqueting hall and to go out there with a scythe . |
| 29 | Aquitaine was then surrounded on all sides ( except the sea coast ) by fiefs which stood in a more immediate relationship to the Capetians than ever before . |
| 30 | King Edward of England sat in his purple silken pavilion which stood at the centre of his great camp on the green meadows beneath the formidable mass of Nottingham Castle . |