Example sentences of "[adv] stand [prep] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did try , but he could only stand on one foot . |
| 2 | Oh well maybe I have to practise first without a ball just standing on one leg and waving the other leg about and trying not to fall over . |
| 3 | I recall her pacing the sitting-room while I am doing my homework , pausing every so often to stand at one of the windows and look down into the busy street below . |
| 4 | Inflation 's fallen again to a new thirty year low , and now stands at one point two percent , down from one point three percent . |
| 5 | It 's because payments are automatically linked to inflation , which now stands at one point eight per cent . |
| 6 | The official death toll now stands at one hundred and twenty with fifty-three people , including one American , injured . |
| 7 | Anyone would rather stand on one leg , crammed into the unheated guard 's van for the entire journey , than spend one minute in my carriage . |
| 8 | There are two teams and each one chooses a good catcher who will then stand on one of the benches . |
| 9 | Feeling a bit like a mechanical doll that could n't function without a key , Hilary meekly stood to one side . |
| 10 | If you 're interested in standing for any of those or wan na put someone forward to stand for one of those , come to the elections in room six two three , six two four Friday the twenty sixth at two fifteen twenty third , I 'm sorry , at two fifteen and er not only will you get all the , the general info about what I 've done so far this year , what I intend to do , what next year 's budget 's going to be etcetera , that 's when those elections are actually held . |
| 11 | ‘ Possibly , ’ said Sixsmith , who was half standing with one hand awkwardly dipped into his inside pocket . |