Example sentences of "who stood [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All faces turned to Lucenzo , who stood on a chair , his arms held out in a command for silence . |
| 2 | The growing Country opposition to William 's ministry in the Scottish Parliament consisted mainly of men who stood on a Revolution and Presbyterian foot , but whose exclusion from office exacerbated their disillusionment and allowed them to indulge their nationalist sentiments . |
| 3 | Mr Johnston , who stood on a ‘ Save Our Townlands ’ ticket in the council elections of 1977 , said : ‘ It is one of the few powers which councils have left that they can enforce the format for local addresses . |
| 4 | The announcement concludes a 33-year worldwide hunt for Mengele , who stood on the unloading ramp at Auschwitz sending Jews left to the gas chambers or right to the camp with a flick of his thumb . |
| 5 | But one feels now that the man who stood on the soapbox and who made himself a target for eggs is ready for it . |
| 6 | Indeed , the epitome of an English gentleman was one who stood on the deck while his ship sunk beneath him , his upper lip stiff , his cap straight and his right hand at the salute . |
| 7 | Not only did this save the horses the pull up the hill through the village , but it gave them the occasion for one more glimpse of Tamar and the children , who stood on the steps , waving . |
| 8 | He did n't want a wife who stood on the periphery of his existence , always the foreigner , never involved with Italy . |
| 9 | " Lizzie must have come back , " Sara said , but when the door opened , it was Matthew Preston who stood on the threshold . |
| 10 | She hurried to the front door , glaring at the man who stood on the step . |
| 11 | Even the lady who stood on the corner handing out white feathers gave him an approving nod . |
| 12 | ‘ British troops slain on the Somme , ’ shouted out the boy who stood on the corner of Covent Garden waving a paper high above his head . |
| 13 | who stood at the gate of the year , |
| 14 | To begin with , there were the ‘ Novices ’ , young boys of around 9 , 10 and 11 , who stood at the front of the ‘ end ’ and whose major occupation consisted of watching the activities of the older youths behind them . |
| 15 | I went into Fortnum and Mason and then across the road to speak to a gentleman dressed in very fine livery and top hat who stood at the entrance to Burlington Arcade . |
| 16 | I SAID to the man who stood at the gate of the year , ‘ Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ Just what do you mean , the London to Glasgow train terminated at Crewe ? ’ asked the leading hand of the two Wrens who stood at the counter . |
| 18 | Great numbers might drift through the drama , of course — thousands in fact — but they could only ever be phantoms , agents or , on rare occasions , reflections of the three real and self-willed beings who stood at the centre . |
| 19 | who stood at the end of summer |
| 20 | He was watching Stella who stood at the fireplace , leaning against the armchair in which Potter now sat holding court . |
| 21 | A male and a female who stood at the head of the profession have died lately , and it is supposed their places shall not be filled . " |
| 22 | A male and a female who stood at the head of the profession have died lately , and it is supposed their places shall not be filled . " |
| 23 | At Alice Fernie and Stanley Curtis who stood at the Fernies ' gate . |
| 24 | But Downes appeared not to hear the supplementary questions , and Dixon nodded to the constable who stood at the door , the latter now making for the canteen on a less than wholly specific mission . |
| 25 | She stared at the people in the pool , who had all seemed to respond to the whistle and were looking at someone who stood at the poolside , someone obscured from Rachel 's vision by the attendant 's tall chair . |
| 26 | The lesson of that election was that only an alliance of all those who stood to the right of the Socialists could succeed in easing them from power . |
| 27 | This year 's PFAS Child of Valour award went to Wendy Windsmoor , aged nine , who stood for no less that 17 minutes , reserving a vacant meter spot in Oxford while her father negotiated the one-way system . |
| 28 | He denounced the old religion as the Lie and called on men to worship the deity whom he called Ahura Mazdah , the wise Lord , who stood for the Truth . |
| 29 | He also claimed his party would ‘ kick-start ’ the Mike Potter , who stood for the SDP in the 1989 Richmond by-election , said he would n't be standing in the forthcoming general Labour 's Tony Blair , Tory Michael Fallon and Lib Dem 's Alan Beith clashed in a live TV debate over the NHS . |
| 30 | ' Another worker , who stood as a Conservative councillor , said she had encountered Mr Lawson at a reception last year and had been asked by the Chancellor why she had lost . |