Example sentences of "stood at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They probably reached George Burnett later that day at Huntspill , where his father 's Georgian house stood at a respectable distance from the busy turnpike , with a large sundial presiding over the front door . |
| 2 | The BDA at the end of " the decade stood at a critical juncture at home , but its place within the international deaf community was firmly established through membership of the World Federation of the Deaf ( WFD ) . |
| 3 | It had been announced on Feb. 4 that food supplies in Russia stood at a critical level , with stocks about to run out within 20-40 days . |
| 4 | It was argued that Britain stood at a historic point ; a new urban future was at hand . |
| 5 | As the 1987 Vienna OPEC conference approached , there was further talk of a price increase , although the mainstream preference was for waiting until demand stood at a level capable of sustaining one . |
| 6 | The result was that it had been increased only twice and now stood at the princely sum of £30 . |
| 7 | A woman stood at the shallow end , her hand under the chin of a small child , encouraging it along . |
| 8 | The the horse-drawn lorries going to the different curing stations where the gutter girls stood at the far end dressed in their oilskin aprons ready to start the day 's work . |
| 9 | Drawing a deep breath to hide a flicker of nervousness , he stood at the great carved oak lectern and looked along the stalls at the nuns who sat before him there , so composed in their wimples of white and the dark garb of their Order . |
| 10 | Roscarrock Hall stood at the southern end of the village of Polruan , occupying several acres of terraced fields , outbuildings and woodland . |
| 11 | ‘ Albert stood at the other end , to balance her , ’ said Finn . |
| 12 | Patrick O'Sullivan , whose Daimler stood at the elegant , twin-leaved front door below , turned to the present owner of the house and said , ‘ Who is that ? ’ |
| 13 | I stood at the front door of No. 5 , watching Dana straddle his bike , adjust his backpack and wave cheerily to me as he roared off down the road . |
| 14 | I stood at the front door for a long time being soaked by the rain . |
| 15 | I stood at the front door and it was around my ankles , within five minutes it was around my knees , ’ said Joanne . |
| 16 | The Upper Mill stood at the western end of the village , and was always a corn mill . |
| 17 | They stood at the long sash windows of his office and looked out across the building-site . |
| 18 | We stood at the railed-off observation platform at Bartlet Nab and looked down on to a spectacular scene . |
| 19 | Old Den stood at the opposite side of the grave with Tommy Drennan , each with a cord ready to help lay Celia and Dermot Murphy to rest . |
| 20 | ELISABETH DANZIGER STOOD AT THE OPEN window and watched the gulls swoop round the house , fly straight out to sea and then drop suddenly for prey . |
| 21 | Robyn stood at the open door and glared furiously as he got into his car and reversed away . |
| 22 | She stood at the open kitchen window with her early cup of tea clasped in both hands , listening to the swish of the falling water and watching it gather in tiny globules on the tips of the leaves of the apple tree like crystal drops on a chandelier before sliding with a slow , regular inevitability on to the grass . |
| 23 | Indeed it had and the Nonconformist minister stood at the very centre of the Nonconformist world we are discussing . |
| 24 | She stood at the beaded glass and looked out into the gathering darkness . |
| 25 | Each stood at the ready , one eye on the pylon , the other on my raised arm . |
| 26 | He stood at the ornate head of the stairs and listened . |
| 27 | McGee , who had come downstairs to test the quality of the sherry while Mrs Quickly , the plumper of the two cooks , stood at the back door fervently pulling on a cigarette , leaped to his feet , pulled at his black tie and took the back stairs two at a time . |
| 28 | The revenue derived from taxing unemployment benefit , and the relevant part of an unemployed claimant 's supplementary benefit stood at an estimated £600 million in 1985–6 . |
| 29 | In particular , the report highlighted ( i ) the low inflation ( which in June stood at an annualized rate of 3.3 per cent , lower , for the first time since 1973 , than that in Germany — 3.5 per cent in June ) ; ( ii ) the successful containment of the adverse effect of 1990 oil price rises ; and reduced public expenditure ; and ( iv ) lower VAT and company taxes . |
| 30 | Fiscal reform , considered vital to improving the budgetary position and reducing inflation ( which in August stood at an annualized rate of 1,055.4 per cent ) , was also a priority . |