Example sentences of "[pers pn] stood [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood as the Green Party candidate in May 1988 and 1989 . |
| 2 | I stood over the other side of the road from it and watched . |
| 3 | I stood under the shower . |
| 4 | Dad Tam : " You promise me you will never tell anybody " til " am deed that I stood for the man who made that statue . " |
| 5 | But our to avoid that situation I left and went to work with which kept me in the Edinburgh branch and within three or four weeks I stood for the local organizer and had not been successful . |
| 6 | When er I stood for the election of the national organizers for the East of Scotland and I was successful there and I left the Edinburgh branch in May nineteen sixty six to start work with the head office in nine May nineteen sixty six . |
| 7 | I stood with the breeze flapping at my collar , watching the spin-drift sand , promising that one day I would write about this place . |
| 8 | I stood on the fringe of the little group for a few moments waiting for a chance to speak to Lovat . |
| 9 | I stood on the deck , watching the two spires of Dun Laoghaire receding into the distance . |
| 10 | As I stood on the walkway , the water level reached above my knees , and I waded along beside the wall in the direction of the lower door and the river . |
| 11 | ‘ When I stood on the first tee in the morning I could hardly see the fairway , ’ said the Atherstone club-mate and friend of Paul Broadhurst , the Ryder Cup player . |
| 12 | ‘ When we pulled out of Jaffa , I stood on the stern and looked out over the old city , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Just over five and a half years later , I stood on the same spot and watched the Israelis drive down the same road to be greeted in precisely the same way by the same Christians on the same balconies . |
| 14 | Recently I stood on the dereliction that is Lindow Moss in Cheshire . |
| 15 | I stood on the winner 's rostrum swathed in the Union Jack , the photographers ' light bulbs flashing , the crowd clapping , cheering , other Union Jacks being waved from side to side . |
| 16 | Certainly she presented me with my medal for the 100 metres and as I stood on the plinth she did not bat an eyelid . |
| 17 | In 1985 I stood on the quayside , shivering in the cold drizzle , to watch Arthur Hutton plant the hedge , closely watched by his grandson Martin , who hopes one day to follow his grandfather in keeping up the custom . |
| 18 | As I stood on the tufted grass , surrounded by natural beauty , I felt as if I 'd come to another world |
| 19 | I stood on the doorstep alone , pressing my lids together , breathing in , breathing out . |
| 20 | I stood on the step with my hamper . |
| 21 | When my holiday had the goodness to be over , I stood on the usual rush-hour bus and read a schoolboy 's comic strips over his shoulder . |
| 22 | I stood on the round wall and wound the handle as fast as I could , but when the bucket was still just out of reach , the rope kept slipping so I could not reach the bucket . |
| 23 | It was once full of treasures , but all I could think about as I stood on the battlemented roof , looking out over the Aegean , was that a disciple of Christ 's had sat in his cell in a little monastery half-way up the hill recording the extraordinary revelations he had been vouchsafed . |
| 24 | I stood on the parapet , looking out over the town of Swindon , willing myself to feel less disembodied . |
| 25 | At length I stood on the ground , up to my ankles in fresh-fallen snow . |
| 26 | As I stood on the footbridge I had a good view of the station . |
| 27 | I stood on the final tee with Ken Schofield and imagined the kind of pressure build-up the players were feeling . |
| 28 | I stood at the window and looked down into the street . |
| 29 | I stood at the front door of No. 5 , watching Dana straddle his bike , adjust his backpack and wave cheerily to me as he roared off down the road . |
| 30 | I stood at the door and looked up , but the windows were dark ; she had gone to bed . |