Example sentences of "she stand [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stands for a long moment . |
| 2 | If you are to be awkward then my mother will not know where she stands for a good deal of time . ’ |
| 3 | She stands for the civilization of the South , of the Midi , the home of the troubadours , against the sterner , rougher , cruder world of the North , represented , in this image , by her husband , the King of the North Wind , whose authority she is subtly undermining and against whom she will soon break out in open rebellion . |
| 4 | There is a seal from the Idaian Cave showing a priestess holding a triton shell to her lips as she stands on a step in front of an altar decked with sacral horns and sacred boughs ( title illustration , Chapter 2 ) . |
| 5 | She stands on the step looking more solid than the door . |
| 6 | I hate it cos when I call Jones she stands on the wall like that , right . |
| 7 | She stands as the martyr of organized and systematic sexual wrong-doing on the part of the man who should be her mate , and whom alone she has evolved to the human plane . |
| 8 | Most often she stands with the left foot forward ( a borrowing no doubt from the kouros , but it is not like his a full stride , rather so short a step as to seem like a dance-motion ) , left hand pulling the skirt to the side and letting a swag hang free , right forearm raised forward with an offering . |
| 9 | She stands beyond the see-through wall and grimaces to herself . |
| 10 | She stands in the doorway , chatting with JANE . |
| 11 | She stands in the garden with a basket over her arm and white pigeons flying over her head . |
| 12 | She stands in the shadow of the stair and then she goes forward . |
| 13 | She 's smiling softly as she stands in the dim glow , and she asks , ‘ Do you want to go to bed ? ’ |
| 14 | She stands before the mirror , looking straight through her own reflection , scowls at the glass and blows a decidedly twentieth-century raspberry straight at me . |
| 15 | She stands by the window , checking her face in the silver compact . |
| 16 | Her face as she stood outside the register office , with that big municipal clock behind her , ticking off those first glistening moments of nuptial bliss . |
| 17 | She stood outside the back door for a moment . |
| 18 | At the moment , however , as she stood outside the door she had intended trying before , one trembling hand hesitating over the latch , Isabel could only think as far ahead as the next few minutes . |
| 19 | She stood outside the lifts in the hospital 's main entrance with other visitors . |
| 20 | She stood for a moment on the other side of the room , sizing me up ( and me sizing her up ) , and then she came over to speak to me . |
| 21 | I had an old air-raid shelter , partly dug into the ground because of the slope : there was a load of stones on top , waiting to turn the shelter into an apple store disguised as a rockery , and when Mrs Wilson saw this she stood for a long time looking at the hump in the ground and the pile of stones . |
| 22 | She stood for a few moments catching her breath , then continued through to the kitchen . |
| 23 | Dalgliesh waited until Meg had unlocked the front door and stepped inside before saying his final goodnight , and she stood for a moment watching his tall figure striding down the gravel path and into the darkness . |
| 24 | She stood for a moment , her eyes closed , trying to collect her thoughts , while she struggled to put on her gloves . |
| 25 | She stood for a moment behind the thick black curtain , unwilling to pull it aside . |
| 26 | It was something that had never happened before and she stood for a moment trying to control the thoughts that raced through her head . |
| 27 | She stood for a moment staring round at the flickering shadows thrown by the lone candle , the fire had died long since and the room was cold and suddenly lonely . |
| 28 | There she stood for a long time , gazing out to sea , her heart full of sadness and her eyes full of tears . |
| 29 | She stood for a moment looking at them , and saw how their heads were tilted in the listening attitudes of forest creatures , how their ears were pricked , and how their eyes were bright and intelligent . |
| 30 | She stood for a moment with her head on one side , listening intently . |