Example sentences of "[pers pn] stand [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cooking procedures : most of the meals do not need cooking , just add hot water and leave them to stand for a few minutes . |
| 2 | Heat the frankfurters by leaving them to stand in a pan of water that has just boiled for about 5 minutes . |
| 3 | ‘ If you will not permit me to skate you must at least allow me to stand near the ice . |
| 4 | ‘ Far be it from me to stand in the path of true love , ’ he said lightly . |
| 5 | Still , far be it from me to stand in the way of close international relations … ’ |
| 6 | She asked me to stand by the gate while she spoke to him . " |
| 7 | where R represents the number of correct responses for the right ear/visual field and I stands for the left ear/visual field . |
| 8 | I stand with the phone in my hand , remembering that I have still had no lunch . |
| 9 | Fixing the window leather to the broom , I stand on a bar stool on top of Kenneth 's desk , and proceed with caution . |
| 10 | Bob and I stand on the edge of the dance-floor and discuss the clientele . |
| 11 | I stand on the balcony , apparently musing on this very credible story , but really wondering how soon we can step back inside . |
| 12 | I stand on the balcony , sniffing the dawn air . |
| 13 | They do n't care whether I stand on the side of a screen or front stage so long as they can see me , hear me , Karl Gesner . |
| 14 | Past more bushes now , I stand for a moment on the edge of a sacred area , which I share with the rabbits for which it is home . |
| 15 | When it is my turn to use the phone , I stand for a minute with two ten pence coins in my hand . |
| 16 | If I stand at the window ( which I am not going to do ) I can see a small fat man with a trilby hat , a British warm and what looks like a binocular case , standing down below on the other side of the road and peering up with an anxious concentration at this battered , paint-peeling semi-circle of so-called Mansion Flats . |
| 17 | And , saddened , I stand at the door , and wait in the cold |
| 18 | Behold , I stand at the door and knock : if any man hear my voice , and open the door , I will come in to him Revelation 3 : 20 |
| 19 | All Church assemblies should perhaps have the motto , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ inscribed above the door to remind them that the Church exists for outsiders not insiders . |
| 20 | ‘ One can not say to the Zanaki people along the shores of the sprawling Lake Victoria , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ ( Rev. 3:20 ) . |
| 21 | Accordingly , in the Zanaki translation it is necessary to say , ‘ Behold , I stand at the door and call ’ ’ ( Nida 1952:46 ) . |
| 22 | I stand at the window . |
| 23 | I stand at the bottom and watch him . |
| 24 | I stand at an easel to paint . |
| 25 | I stand upon the privileges of the House and my own integrity . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I stand in a British book shop with my mouth agape . |
| 27 | I stand in a light mist of rain . |
| 28 | I stand in a five-pointed star position in the middle of the room while the doghandler runs his hands along my limbs . |
| 29 | I know exactly who I am and where I stand in the world . |
| 30 | I stand in the queue for one of the new-fangled ticket machines clutching my one pound coin , but when it 's my turn , the dot matrix display has changed suddenly from CHANGE GIVEN to EXACT MONEY ONLY . |