Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] like [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even today , decades after I saw my first such microscope slide , I still think them extravagantly beautiful and can easily get lost in contemplation of the cellular thicket the microscope reveals , made the more intriguing by the curious , almost three-dimensional effect the stain gives ; as it brings into vision only a few of the total population of the neurons present , the cells seem to stand out like trees in a winter mist ( Figure 10.6 ) . |
| 2 | We stand up like enthusiasts |
| 3 | The simplest are fine earth spots , which stand out like molehills on a lawn and are often defined by rings of large pebbles or stones , which they appear to have shouldered aside . |
| 4 | The pale blue flowers stand out like jewels against dark , bare soil . |
| 5 | Cellars sprouting fungus from every dripping crevice , where those who could not even afford a place on an upstairs mattress paid a penny to sleep standing up like horses , leaning against a rope which would be simply untied the next morning when the landlord considered they had slept long enough . |
| 6 | Runner still stood motionless , eyes staring straight ahead , the blue veins in his bulbous red nose standing out like lines on a map . |
| 7 | We proceeded without lights and I did the whole thing by radar with my eyes standing out like organ stops . |
| 8 | He was n't going to be as heavily built as his father , but was lithe and agile , and she loved to watch him going after gulls ' eggs out by Blackbottle Rocks , his long legs braced against the cliff face and the muscles in his neck and back standing out like cords as he heaved himself up over a ledge . |
| 9 | Scott squeezed more tightly , the muscles in his forearm standing out like chords . |
| 10 | It was pointed out to him — a small , plain , vaulted room with only a table for an altar and gaily-painted saints carved in wood standing about like skittles at a fair . |
| 11 | Her soft rounded breasts were revealed , peaked by erect nipples that stood up like rosebuds , and when his lips claimed them she was gripped by an aching pleasure that caused small sighs of ecstasy to betray her delight . |
| 12 | I stood out like Moby Dick . |
| 13 | Without the slightest shred of evidence , those nebulous question marks stood out like warning beacons . |
| 14 | The veins in Jonadab 's neck stood out like whipcords , as he tried to control his voice . |
| 15 | The notches and gnarls stood out like carvings on a pulpit , thrusting their beauty at him . |
| 16 | A brilliant moon flooded the whole valley in white bright light , so that the houses and cottages stood out like toy models , relieved here and there by squares of glowing orange where someone had failed to draw a curtain . |
| 17 | In the semi-darkness the houses around the village and the church in the centre of the green stood out like monuments with their shadows changing their shapes from time to time as a cloud obscured part of the moon . |
| 18 | With lettering that stood out like Braille , |
| 19 | His white cotton gloves stood out like beacons on the steering wheel . |
| 20 | Below the knees her calf muscles stood out like grapefruits inside her stockings . |
| 21 | Nana was small and scrawny , and the sinews in her neck stood out like guy-ropes above the demure white collar of her dark blue dress . |
| 22 | The curious children stood around like statues , stilled by the drama . |