Example sentences of "stand [be] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rule as it now stands is a contradiction . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think I could stand being a nurse because I would get too involved , so I hope one day to join the fire brigade , ’ she said . |
| 3 | In the city centre the only German buildings still standing are the ruin of the Gothic cathedral and the former stock exchange , which is nowadays the Palace of Culture for Sailors . |
| 4 | The text as it now stood was a compromise . |
| 5 | Diagonally across from where she stood was the door to the back stairs . |
| 6 | The hill on which Carewscourt stood was the frontier , the edge of the wilderness . |
| 7 | The ducal retinue as it then stood was the creation of the previous fourteen years , during which Gloucester , with royal backing , had built up his power from negligible beginnings to become the acknowledged lord of the north . |
| 8 | The ducal retinue as it then stood was the creation of the previous fourteen years , during which Gloucester , with royal backing , had built up his power from negligible beginnings to become the acknowledged lord of the north . |