Example sentences of "[n mass] stood [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Li Yuan stood at the rail , looking out across the darkness of the lake , his sense of ease , of inner stillness , lulling him so that for a time he seemed aware only of the dull murmur of the voices behind him and the soft lapping of the water against the wooden posts of the jetty . |
| 2 | It is as though the bream were connected to sticks with several people stood on the bottom pushing one fish up as they pull another one down . |
| 3 | Thousands of people stood by the river to watch it . |
| 4 | The adventurer looked about him , and saw a wide beautiful lawn on which many people stood around the Emperor . |
| 5 | There were , a few people stood around the main entrance but I |
| 6 | An anaemic aspidistra stood in the grate instead . |
| 7 | Two blue-dark deer stood in the road , alerted . |
| 8 | Fei Yen stood in the shade of the willow , waiting for the two princes to come along the path that led to the bridge . |
| 9 | Fei Yen stood by the window looking down the steep slope towards the terrace and the ornamental lake . |