Example sentences of "which stood in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The feelings may be imagined of the pupil who rashly let fall a slighting reference to Sohrab and Rustum , to be answered by Lewis 's brandishing an old regimental sword of his brother 's which stood in the corner of his room and shouting , ‘ The sword must settle this ! ’ |
| 2 | Again we were confronted by that vengeful force which stood in the way of same-sex lovers in Spain — especially if one was a foreigner , and one a Spaniard . |
| 3 | An unfinished coffin on black tressels , which stood in the middle of the shop , looked so gloomy and death-like that a cold tremble came over him , every time his eyes wandered in the direction of the dismal object : from which he almost expected to see some frightful form slowly rear its head , to drive him mad with terror . |
| 4 | Moreover , by the mid-1960s , many economists had identified central planning — the engine of economic construction in the 1950s — as the culprit which stood in the way of modernisation and efficiency in production . |
| 5 | Gaitskell 's initiative , powerful and well-intentioned though it was , was counter-productive , reinforcing rather than dissolving the prejudices within the industry which stood in the way of a more rational pricing policy . |
| 6 | The only idea that seemed feasible was for the Collector to put on the rusty suit of armour which stood in the banqueting hall and to go out there with a scythe . |
| 7 | There are other images , too : he mentions the " ailanthus " , one of which stood in the yard of the Mary Institute where he had once played , and the " briar rose " by his father 's house in Gloucester ; in addition , he employs words like " rote " or " groaner " which he had heard as a child in New England . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , shoot , ’ she whispered again , trying to avoid bumping into the large oval dining table which stood in the window . |
| 9 | She rose from her chair at the little antique bureau which stood in the attic window space , bent down and fumbled for the catch of the secret drawer which she had found there . |
| 10 | The NIF , generally seen as the effective power behind Bashir 's internal policies , was the inspiration for the continuing Islamization drive , which stood in the way of any prospect of a solution in the long-running civil war . |
| 11 | Alex recalls the old Wilton sheds , now demolished , which stood in the open ground behind what is now the Glenpatrick Mill Shop . |
| 12 | Some of this exuberance was tempered in time by a greater appreciation of just how much of the world economy would have to be rebuilt after the war , and of the range of obstacles which stood in the way of the realization of the dream of " unhampered trade " . |