Example sentences of "and stand [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And to stand at the ford as long as humanly possible , denying the Northumbrians the crossing until they were forced to give way . |
| 2 | Yep , PHIL ‘ BUTTER FINGERS ’ KING puts on his green jersey and stands between the anorak goalposts . |
| 3 | Thus has come about the present status of evolution of which man is the apparent culmination but not the real summit ; for he is himself a transitional being and stands at the turning point of the whole movement . ’ |
| 4 | Candidates must now set up personal machines manned by workers attracted to them by their individual qualities and stands on the issues with little or no reference to party loyalty . |
| 5 | Granby House is listed Grade II and stands within the Whitworth Street Conservation Area . |
| 6 | One person holds the lead and stands behind the dog who is sitting . |
| 7 | One child is chosen and stands in the centre of the circle with eyes closed . |
| 8 | In order to sustain a more robust disagreement , individualist theorists must contend that human autonomy makes a substantial difference to the explanation of action , and stands in the way of the determinist account supposedly favoured by holists . |
| 9 | He traces the origins of contemporary attitudes to professionalism and public services , to the Victorian period , and argues that the model we have inherited is outmoded and stands in the way of improving professionally relationships . |
| 10 | Three thousand miles away in North Hollywood , in November , the man closes the door behind him and stands in the foyer taking off his hat . |
| 11 | the man who 's actually called out in the middle of the night and stands in the pouring rain with his mac on directing operations . |
| 12 | Another inscription , published in 1975 ( Comptes Rendus , Académie des Inscriptions ( CRAI ) , 1975 , p. 308 ) regulates points of Zoroastrian ritual , and stands in the name of Droaphernes the ( Persian ) governor : it is interesting evidence of religious syncretism , i.e. fusion , that a religious text of this kind should be promulgated in Greek , i.e. there were Greek-speaking Zoroastrian converts at fourth-century Sardis . |
| 13 | If you come out of a swimming pool and stand at the side what happens to you ? |
| 14 | and stand at the back |
| 15 | I want the clouds sweeping over the stubble when I creep and stand on the front steps after reading all night , and our owls hoot , and everyone 's sleeping upstairs , sleeping sound , in quiet bedrooms . |
| 16 | Come to the village of Battle in East Sussex and stand on the field where William the Conqueror and Harold II fought the Battle of Hastings in 1066 — an event that changed the course of England 's history . |
| 17 | The light above the front door was switched off , and a cleaner emerged from the theatre with a black plastic bag of rubbish and a broom , and began to brush the foyer , ignoring Jude — who was the last visible occupant — until he reached her , when he gave her a glance of such venom she decided to put up her umbrella and stand on the darkened step . |
| 18 | These can in turn be described in detail by the zonal space and excursion relationships as follows ( see Figure 2.19 ) : A loose pin in a hole may rest on the adjoining surfaces and stand on the bottom of the hole . |
| 19 | Now it is a sport , and it is a skilled game you know , and I think women can play it just as well as men , or against men and you know , you can have your fans who are very strong for your women 's team tha just as much as the men , but yet , would they also be branded as hooligans because they go along and stand on the terraces and shout for the girls ? |
| 20 | To make it harder for vermin to get into 'em they used to draw a wagon alongside a stack , and stand on the wagon with a scythe and then trim the stack . |
| 21 | Put a piece of rope and , and stand on the end of it and pull . |
| 22 | Somehow we float into Charing Cross Road and stand on the pavement swaying like penguins , waving our flippers to attract a taxi . |
| 23 | ‘ Take your shoe off and stand on the towel . ’ |
| 24 | For my next trick , I 'm going wrap myself in a union jack and stand on the terracing at Parkhead . |
| 25 | I reach the landing and stand outside the door , key poised , listening . |
| 26 | When his father was absent , he would come here himself and stand beside the pool , staring down into the water as if emptying himself into its depths , letting his thoughts become the fish , drifting , gliding slowly , almost listlessly in the water , then rising swiftly to breach the surface , imbued with sudden purpose . |
| 27 | Without warning , you emerge over a crest and stand before the magnificent grey scree , Coire na Ceannain , sweeping round a circular lochan that nestles in its lap . |
| 28 | - Buses in the morning and afternoon are suddenly full of children , traffic jams are caused by cars containing family groups and signs appear in tobacconists ' shops : ‘ Sorry , No More Than One Schoolchild In Here At A Time , Put Your Arms Up and Stand Against The Wall To Be Searched When Requested . |
| 29 | Take off your clothes , and stand beneath the waterfall . |
| 30 | The soup tureen , cover and stand from the Orloff service included in the Ortiz-Patiño sale has an estimate of $1.5–2 million , with a set of eighteen silver-gilt dinner plates , also from the Orloff service , estimated at $300–500,000 . |