Example sentences of "they stood [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stood amid the station crowds , arguing . |
| 2 | They stood for a few moments in shy silence , staring from one to another . |
| 3 | They stood for a moment regarding it , then Meg Dennison said : ‘ When I first came here from London it almost frightened me , the sheer size of it , the way it dominates the headland . |
| 4 | Here they stood for a moment , looking round . |
| 5 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
| 6 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
| 7 | He took off his glasses and put his arms around her waist , and they stood for a while facing one another . |
| 8 | There the rise and swell of incomprehensible Latin seemed to have a grandeur that aroused the spirit of poetry in the Gaels , as if they stood on a rocky shore communing with the waves . |
| 9 | They stood on a tin dais enamelled red . |
| 10 | Although she put them firmly into the category of ‘ workers ’ , rather than ‘ idlers ’ , and therefore to be praised , they were not quite on a par with the Welsh factory workers , or designers ; nonetheless they stood on a higher plane than accountants , clerks or corporate planners . |
| 11 | The other two men were hit by the two gunmen as they stood on a nearby footpath at the spot where black taxis operate up and down Belfast 's Falls Road . |
| 12 | They stood on no ceremony . |
| 13 | They remembered this two hours later as they stood on the meadow in front of the big house at Fortingall , waiting for a crowd to gather . |
| 14 | No doubt Temple remembered that once they stood on the same platform at Cambridge . |
| 15 | Then the more experienced hunter struck a match and , lighting another fire , they stood on the leeward side of the new fire . |
| 16 | It resisted for a moment , then swung completely open , and they stood on the threshold , goggling in . |
| 17 | They stood on the concrete steps reviewing the dismal scene as if it were a personal insult . |
| 18 | He was simmering down , or more exactly , getting a little tired as they stood on the sidewalk waiting for a street-car . |
| 19 | Five minutes later they stood on the grassy bank looking down at the brown water . |
| 20 | They stood on the steps and waved , as Chignell wheeled him away , and Breeze called out , ‘ Happy New Year ! ’ |
| 21 | They stood on the warm asphalt . |
| 22 | We joined the crowd before our handiwork was noticed and watched as Mary and Albert had more confetti thrown over them as they stood on the threshold of the church . |
| 23 | Chrissie climbed out of the cab , with Nick , and as they stood on the pavement so Liz Spalding slipped out of the taxi between them , bent low , and darted into the garage . |
| 24 | It had taken 10 years for the states definitely to decide where they stood on the question of integration or association . |
| 25 | Relatively little is known of the first great temples , which were built between 2000 and 1900 BC and destroyed by earthquakes in 1700 BC , except that they stood on the same sites as the later temples . |
| 26 | They stood on the ridge , looking down . |
| 27 | They stood on the step and waited for the taxi with black bands on their arms and suitcases in their hands , forlorn passengers from a wrecked ship , clutching a few haphazardly salvaged possessions and staring in dismay at the choppy sea to which they must commit themselves . |
| 28 | They stood on the observation point to the right of the path . |
| 29 | They stood on the landward edge of the riverside path , very close to the lipping water . |
| 30 | When people came to the doors they stood on the step talking and looking over at our side of the street . |