Example sentences of "stood at [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bowl of daffodils stood at her elbow , the first bright heralds of spring , and the room smelt of their freshness , along with the beeswax of the furniture polish and the comforting smell of the coals . |
| 2 | Two minutes later , Clare stood at her grandmother 's bedside ; after a sleepless night , she looked almost as pale and exhausted as Elinor . |
| 3 | David came and stood at her shoulder , smiling at her attempts to convince Mrs Toye . |
| 4 | He came and stood at her side , pointing at two circular hatches in the floor flanked by handrails , with massive spheres secured nearby . |
| 5 | Ever since I ran away from Thornfield , Mr Rochester had remained in my thoughts , and now , as I stood at my cottage door that first evening , looking at the quiet fields , I allowed myself to imagine again the life I could have had with him in his little white house in the south of France . |
| 6 | Toby stood at my elbow , and when I 'd hung up and told him said , with a strange urgency , almost like despair : " No , no , not this Sunday , for Christ 's sake , ca n't you get out of it ? " |
| 7 | Hairy Back was smoking his pipe and laughing with a neighbour as he stood at his gate . |
| 8 | The prince was seated , not in his chair of state , but between two of his clerks at a trestle table , with a quantity of papers and parchments spread before them ; and his treasurer stood at his shoulder , ready to advise if requested , but looking on so impartially that it seemed to her he had already done his share . |
| 9 | His mother followed and stood at his door looking anxiously at him . |
| 10 | A person who stood at his window shouting threats , abuse or insults would commit the offence so long as the victim was in the garden or elsewhere outside the structure of the dwelling . |
| 11 | Li Yuan stood at his father 's side , scanning each sheet as his father finished with it . |
| 12 | But as the priest stood at his study window , fingers joined in thanksgiving to the night sky for his release from the bitter-sweet torture of reliving what was dead and gone , his mind quailed before his new dilemma . |
| 13 | One was Hank , who stood at his side , pulling his sleeve to make him stop . |
| 14 | He roused to a touch on his shoulder and Abul Ismail stood at his side . |
| 15 | Tristram turned to Jennifer , and she came and stood at his side . |
| 16 | Rachel stood at his side , staring at him , her breath held . |