Example sentences of "stood for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edouard stood for a while , alone in the gardens . |
| 2 | He stood for a while staring at them . |
| 3 | Without showing any sign of emotion he stood for a while at the head of the bier . |
| 4 | I kept on down to the river and stood for a while to watch the coal-barges slide along the black , shiny water . |
| 5 | It has always been I who have calmed her , though sometimes the Sweeper has come in the evening and stood for a while at her cage and she has calmed in his good presence . |
| 6 | Then he turned and stood for a while gazing out at the Pacific . |
| 7 | Wycliffe passed through the general office with a word to the two girls and stood for a while in the yard while the timber-lorry drove away and the big double doors were closed behind it . |
| 8 | Out in the street he stood for a while , obstructing the pavement . |
| 9 | He stood for a while , watching the pyrotechnic chaos in the yard below , then moved slowly back into the banqueting hall . |
| 10 | He stood for a while in the darkness , hoping that perhaps one of the nuns , Lady Amelia or Dame Agatha , would follow him out , but no one came . |
| 11 | Towards the end of the soirée , Eliot stood for a while by himself in a seemingly abstracted state , and , looking at him across the room , I could not decide whether he was looking in my direction or not . |
| 12 | He stood for a while , looking round about at the quiet dunes and the settling birds . |
| 13 | I closed the door and propped a piece of wood against it , then stood for a while , letting my eyes adjust to the gloom and my mind to the feel of the place . |
| 14 | And as Morse opened his passenger door , he stood for a while looking up at the Pole Star , and asking himself the question he had been asking for the past two hours : was there any way in which Downes could still have been the murderer after all ? |
| 15 | He took off his glasses and put his arms around her waist , and they stood for a while facing one another . |
| 16 | He stood for a minute , appraising the close-fitted timbers and sleek varnish , then knocked again . |
| 17 | The Polish Parliament stood for a minute 's silence after approving unanimously a resolution which accused the Romanian authorities of ‘ exceptional brutality ’ leading to children being shot at and expressed solidarity with the ‘ victims of terror . ’ |
| 18 | He stood for a minute looking up at it , Kate unspeaking at his side . |
| 19 | And then every year after that , they used to hold the one minute 's silence which the mill whistles went and of course you stood for a minute and then they went again and that was it over . |
| 20 | His comments came at the start of the monthly meeting of Castlereagh Council last night where members stood for a minute 's silence in tribute to the four Catholic workmen killed in Castlerock and the two young victims of the IRA Warrington blast . |
| 21 | He stood for a minute or so gazing down expressionlessly at the pale , bloodless face of the Prophet . |
| 22 | Delaney stood for a second looking after it . |
| 23 | Maura stood for a second looking at her mother . |
| 24 | I slammed the receiver down and stood for a second , congratulating myself on how well I had done , all things considered . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Hundreds of eyes stared fixedly as the laird stepped out onto the gravel and stood for a moment with his chin jutting and his mouth pulled down , like a general reviewing his troops . |
| 27 | He stood for a moment laughing at her as she cast furiously for the vanished rabbit , and walked on , to catch her up , along the raised embankment . |
| 28 | Surprisingly , it did not feel too cold and Endill stood for a moment trying to see the end of it but it disappeared into darkness . |
| 29 | Giving himself dialogue seemed to calm him and he stood for a moment , arms idle at his side , breathing slowly and heavily . |
| 30 | On the doorstep of number 54 , Henry stood for a moment in the gloom , flexing his fingers . |