Example sentences of "and [pers pn] stood [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd blown it , and I stood on stage in a semi-circle with the rest of the acts and an artificially bright smile , while the compère read out the marks awarded to each act by the three judges . |
| 2 | I saw him a few times more after that , in the months that followed , coming slowly up the lane from the station , as Millie and I stood at the gate . |
| 3 | Flavia sat down and I stood opposite her . |
| 4 | Twenty pleasant minutes retraced the morning 's steps and I stood beside the Land Rover waving goodbye and listening to the blue van 's familiar toots as it continued north . |
| 5 | She was trying to master celestial navigation and I stood beside her as she trapped Altair in the mirror , then delicately and successfully brought the star down to the horizon . |
| 6 | You only got one shot — this was live television — and I stood in the wings , rigid with fear , listening to my heart booming . |
| 7 | I said that to him and he looked at me over the top of his glasses like that , cos he , in his office , he sits here , the door 's there , he sits here and I , I , everybody else has had the door open , I went in and shut the door and I stood behind him , I did n't stand in front of him , stood behind him so , keep |
| 8 | She was delighted to see me , as it meant she would not have to go on her own , and she stood over me while , complaining bitterly , I changed into my jacket and returned with her to the revels . |
| 9 | Nellie Tanner had reached Aggie 's front door and she stood over the dumpy , dark-haired woman . |
| 10 | Dalgliesh waited until Meg had unlocked the front door and stepped inside before saying his final goodnight , and she stood for a moment watching his tall figure striding down the gravel path and into the darkness . |
| 11 | It was something that had never happened before and she stood for a moment trying to control the thoughts that raced through her head . |
| 12 | Melissa found its clean , uncluttered lines at once calming and uplifting , and she stood for a few moments just inside the door , absorbing the tranquil atmosphere . |
| 13 | It vanished completely as Alec opened the door for her and she stood on the threshold , looking into the dark , listening to the wind whining away outside the house . |
| 14 | He set her down on the landing and she stood on one foot , using the wall for support while he opened his living-room door . |
| 15 | She turned up when Laura was married in 1984 and she stood at the back of the church because she did not want to detract from the bride 's big day . |
| 16 | He went down the stairs , and she stood at the top of them screaming . |
| 17 | Her confinement with Sycorax stretched back and back and she stood within it , a speck , a smudge . |
| 18 | She came alone , as a representative of the Liston estate , and she stood alongside him in Three Oaks Bay 's tiny hillside churchyard . |
| 19 | It was almost dusk on a February afternoon and we stood with Will Peach , ‘ Starling Man ’ , in Abbey Park , a 73-acre green space in the centre of Leicester . |
| 20 | They got us off and the bus disappeared , but there was still a reason why we could not board — they never let on what it was — — and we stood on the tarmac for a long time before being herded to the back entrance . |
| 21 | After dinner the etiquette was very stiff , and we stood for two hours . |
| 22 | I opened it and we stood for a moment , rain driving down hard . |
| 23 | ‘ Come in a moment , ’ she said , and we stood in the darkened hall . |
| 24 | All three of us nodded in unison and we stood in line as he pushed open the double doors for us . |
| 25 | I agreed and we stood in silence for a minute , gazing at the pile of crumpled metal . |
| 26 | Iorwerth shook Owen awake and they stood to their arms rapidly and in silence , but silence and darkness did not cover them . |
| 27 | He took off his glasses and put his arms around her waist , and they stood for a while facing one another . |
| 28 | And they stood at the door , and of course he come home with his cap in his hand , he said er they said oh what you do how you got on today ? |
| 29 | It resisted for a moment , then swung completely open , and they stood on the threshold , goggling in . |
| 30 | I can remember at least six of the Stronsay women gutting the herring at that time and they stood on Moars beach . |