Example sentences of "it stood [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An oval mirror , pock-marked and fly-stained , was set in the top of this extravagant and monstrous contraption and next to it stood a hollow elephant 's foot mounted on a wooden base . |
| 2 | It stood a clear 10ft above the other trees , like a flag on top of a fortress , its mushroom structure always pressing for the extra light due to its extra height . |
| 3 | Beyond it stood the young squire who brought him , the smoking tube in his hand , his face stamped with rage and with loathing . |
| 4 | In it stood the small , slight figure of the head verger , his silver hair and babyish complexion at odds with each other , as , indeed , was his black suit of the gentleman 's gentleman variety and his rather springy gymnast 's step . |
| 5 | Behind it stood the international gold standard . |
| 6 | Behind it stood an old-fashioned switchboard and numbered pigeon-holes for the guests ' post . |
| 7 | Underneath it stood an orange box on top of which were two flower pots . |
| 8 | Next to it stood an empty tubular blue clothes rack , a tubular blue chair , a tubular blue AV rig . |