Example sentences of "stood at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the Treasury 9¾ per cent stock 2002 instanced above stood at a price of £103 ( £103.09375 ) at the close of business on Friday 28 February , 1992 when the running yield could be derived as follows : |
| 2 | He stood at a window and looked down over the trees , where rooks were crossing sticks in a light sway of air . |
| 3 | Mother Francis stood at a window and watched little Eve go down the long avenue of the convent out to Sunday lunch on her own with the Hogans . |
| 4 | In the early evening of 25 August 1944 , a few hours after he had arrived in liberated Paris , de Gaulle stood at a window of the Hôtel de Ville and acknowledged the cheers of thousands of Parisians gathered down below . |
| 5 | ( Luke : Luke records that all his friends stood at a distance , including the women who had followed him from Galilee ( Luke 8:3 ) . ) |
| 6 | The Financial Times of April 10 reported that Poland 's trade surplus stood at a record $780,000,000 at the end of March , stemming from 6.5 per cent rise in exports and a 21 per cent fall in imports . |
| 7 | Opinion polls in August had shown 55 per cent support for the party , the highest level since its foundation in 1947 , and its membership stood at a record 5,400,000 members , or some 7 per cent of the adult population . |
| 8 | The minister also claimed that , following a recent high profile advertising campaign , enquiries to join the regiment stood at a month . |
| 9 | The vaulted dome of the booking-hall stood at a height of 65 ft. from the floor and the outer dome above reached a height of 108 ft . |
| 10 | In February 1935 , without consulting his father , he stood at a by-election in Wavertree as an independent Conservative against the India Bill , thus splitting the party vote and letting in Labour . |
| 11 | Emma stood at a loss . |
| 12 | Not yesterday , Peter thought grimly , as he stood at the kitchen table laying the tea tray with his mother 's china ; but certainly last week or the week before . |
| 13 | ‘ Did you call the police ? ’ he asked , as he stood at the kitchen door watching her brew Darjeeling . |
| 14 | She followed the old route , through the walled garden at The Tamarisks to the path that curled down the cliffs to the five-acre plateau on which the Villa stood at the centre of an arboretum . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | A year later another branch to Holt , ultimately Cromer , was completed and Melton stood at the centre of a minor railway junction . |
| 17 | He stood at the centre of the Sun Chamber , and a terrible hush fell . |
| 18 | The statue stood at the centre of the Hall of Celestial Destinies in Nantes spaceport , the huge , bronze figures raised high above the executive-class travellers who bustled like ants about its base . |
| 19 | King Edward of England sat in his purple silken pavilion which stood at the centre of his great camp on the green meadows beneath the formidable mass of Nottingham Castle . |
| 20 | By the way — ’ She opened her bag and drew out the incriminating tape , which she put down on the round antique table which stood at the centre of the hall . |
| 21 | She stood at the door and stared . |
| 22 | I stood at the door and looked up , but the windows were dark ; she had gone to bed . |
| 23 | Maria , who showed her in , was frightened and stood at the door shivering . |
| 24 | As the guests left in a state of alcoholic haze , two policemen stood at the door . |
| 25 | Evans got his blow in first as he stood at the door , ushered them into a large office overlooking the Kaiserstrasse . |
| 26 | He stood at the door of the bathroom , visualizing this most familiar of her rituals . |
| 27 | Myles edged in , hands twisting the brim of his hat , while the young priest stood at the door looking curiously on . |
| 28 | As he stood at the door trying to persuade her of the importance of other more pressing political issues , one of her cats shot out of the door , into the road and under the wheels of a passing lorry . |
| 29 | The minister stood at the door and shook the hand of each member of his congregation , with a kindly word for each boy and girl . |
| 30 | A woman stood at the door of the French window , half in the verandah . |