Example sentences of "stand [prep] one [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The usual characters of the two composers are reversed here ; there is little of the English scene-painter in Britten 's Sonata , and it stands as one of his most nervous and angry works . |
| 2 | If you 're interested in standing for any of those or wan na put someone forward to stand for one of those , come to the elections in room six two three , six two four Friday the twenty sixth at two fifteen twenty third , I 'm sorry , at two fifteen and er not only will you get all the , the general info about what I 've done so far this year , what I intend to do , what next year 's budget 's going to be etcetera , that 's when those elections are actually held . |
| 3 | The brick-built Methodist chapel stands in one of the side lanes of the village . |
| 4 | The Pazzaglini family are the friendly hosts at the Hotel Tiffany which stands in one of the quietest , greenest parts of Cattolica . |
| 5 | Tayloes , or Belvedere Mill , in Chalford stands on one of the oldest confirmed mill sites in the Chalford Valley and is one of the most picturesque . |
| 6 | He smiled effusively , gave a mock bow , and went to stand beside one of the thrones . |
| 7 | I recall her pacing the sitting-room while I am doing my homework , pausing every so often to stand at one of the windows and look down into the busy street below . |
| 8 | Also , you will no doubt be aware that video tapes and their cassettes come in various formats , and that the initials VHS , for instance , stand for one of the most popular of these . |
| 9 | There are two teams and each one chooses a good catcher who will then stand on one of the benches . |
| 10 | When he passed the churchyard , and the ancient trees around it , he noticed that someone was standing behind one of the trees . |
| 11 | If he had not actually gone into the room he would not have seen Gina ; she was standing against one of the bookcases hidden from him by the open door . |
| 12 | He was standing against one of the walls of the bedroom , one elbow resting on a long teak shelf which at one time must have contained books , but was now bare , resting his head against the palm of his raised hand in an attitude of relaxation . |
| 13 | Yet I know of no picture in which the mid-day heat of Midsummer is so admirably expressed ; and were not the eye refreshed by the shade thrown over a great part of the foreground by some young trees , that border the road , and the cool blue of water near it , one would wish , in looking at it , for a parasol , as Fuseli wished for an umbrella when standing before one of Constable 's showers . |
| 14 | It was an imposing mansion standing in one of Geneva 's central streets and overlooking the Rhone . |
| 15 | Lucy did not see Doreen or Silas again until late in the afternoon when she moved to close the office window , and it was then that she caught sight of them standing outside one of the chalets . |
| 16 | Mrs Fletcher and a neighbour were standing outside one with a huge sunflower growing in front of it . |
| 17 | Vigo was standing beside one of the windows , fingering some instruments in a tray , and when Wexford came in he did n't look up . |
| 18 | Standing beside one of the fireplaces she touched a dark oil painting . |
| 19 | Standing beside one of the giant tubers , its massive arms radiating out from a bulbous centre , he is dwarfed by its tallest limb . |
| 20 | Curtis was standing beside one of the unmarked Homicide cars parked outside the Eldorado apartment block , absent mindedly toying with a clear plastic production bag . |
| 21 | On Aug. 19 he made a dramatic call for resistance , standing on one of the tanks stationed outside the Supreme Soviet building ( 10 tanks went over to Yeltsin on the night of Aug. 19 — see below ; the commander of tanks stationed outside the Russian Supreme Soviet building was reported as saying that he would not order an attack on Yeltsin . ) |
| 22 | As he turned the corner away from the house and towards the train station , Endill was sure he saw the shape of his father standing at one of the upstairs windows , watching him go . |
| 23 | On summer evenings there was a sort of magical quality to that view and I will confess to you now I used to waste many precious minutes standing at one of those windows just enchanted by it . ’ |
| 24 | One day , a week before the move , while she was standing at one of the upstairs windows , Celia saw the rector pushing his bicycle up the drive . |
| 25 | Masklin realized that he was standing at one of those points where History takes a deep breath and decides what to do next . |
| 26 | There was a woman standing at one of the second-storey windows when Gentle reached the intersection , just gazing out at the street . |
| 27 | I was standing at one of the windows of the outer office , watching the rain fling itself remorselessly against the panes . |
| 28 | Turning , Meredith was just in time to glimpse a man standing by one of the loose-boxes . |
| 29 | She stood behind one of them and rested her hand against its curved back . |
| 30 | It stood against one of the walls of the room . |