Example sentences of "[pron] stood there a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I stood there a long time , looking at a row of the most twisted , gnarled , sorry-looking pollard willows I have ever seen . |
| 2 | She stood there a moment , suddenly aware of how still he was . |
| 3 | She could see lights on inside and men moving about , and as she stood there a policeman in uniform came out of the front door . |
| 4 | She stood there a moment , looking out across the pre-dawn darkness of the spaceport , barely conscious of the passengers pushing by , knowing that this was probably the last view she would ever have of City Europe — the City in which she had spent her whole life . |
| 5 | Three minutes ago she stood there a fucking minute , never mind about Lucinda . |
| 6 | We stood there a long time watching , heads tipped back , neck muscles beginning to ache . |
| 7 | He stood there a while longer , mindlessly enjoying the flow of water over his limbs . |
| 8 | He stood there a moment , not certain what to do , then let instinct take over . |
| 9 | He stood there a long time , letting the feeling ebb . |
| 10 | ’ He stood there a moment longer , watching her , then turned and made his way back along the path towards the house . |
| 11 | But as he stood there a few seconds more , holding her eyes relentlessly , Maria was assailed by a sense of what her fate would be like if ever she was weak enough to succumb to the dark , dangerous attraction he held for her . |