Example sentences of "[pers pn] stood with [art] " in BNC.

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1 I stood with a group of officials and other bystanders .
2 I stood with the breeze flapping at my collar , watching the spin-drift sand , promising that one day I would write about this place .
3 You knew where you stood with the Cold War .
4 She stood with the door open behind her , so that the order of the hall could be properly seen ; she saw the policewoman taking it in .
5 She stood with the teapot in her hand and recited carefully : " Ha-yoke-lesteck-cop-toke-chock .
6 She stood with the quality of a wanton twelve year old and must have been , what , seventeen , eighteen ?
7 She stood with the cape drenched about her , the rain at her back , and knew she would never go back to the Lodge .
8 Three Mutawas had been told of the indignation from the foreign community and they stood with the armed guards at the entry of the delivery theatre to ensure that no sympathetic foreigner assisted the girl to escape .
9 She had a great temptation to rest against him , but he stood with a swift movement that was all anger and sarcasm .
10 He stood with the drink in his hand , deciding whether or not to make a run for it .
11 He stood with the conical helmet cradled clumsily under his arm .
12 He stood with the carving implements poised over the ruined saddle .
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