Example sentences of "had stood in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Headmaster 's House had stood in the middle of fields , but it was now to be surrounded by educational plant . |
| 2 | If Pardy had stood in the middle of an empty field shouting and waving his placard , he would have committed no offence . |
| 3 | He had thought of Harry all the way out of Rome to Leonardo da Vinci , all the time that he had stood in the check-in line , all the time he had sat on the Alitalia , all the time he had stood at Customs and Immigration at Athens International , all the time in the taxi out to the Kifisia suburb . |
| 4 | He had stood in the centre of the tiny , cluttered upstairs room , looking at the paintings that covered the wall above the bed . |
| 5 | Mary described to Mick how the young girl had stood in the hall , her face cupped between her palms , and gazed about her , while the tears ran down her face and she kept muttering , ‘ Oh Martin ! |
| 6 | He had stood in the queue at Heathrow , a very new Condor on his back , eyeing others who were obviously preparing to go to warmer places than we were . |
| 7 | I had stood in the garden , and the wind , like a dressmaker , fitted my clothes to me , cold and indifferent . |
| 8 | They had stood in the dark until Peter had put his torch on , and then they had turned back , glad though , relieved , when they could light a match again . |
| 9 | One of the singers from the theatre had stood in the doorway declaring to the crowd who had gathered to watch that the Grenfell and Morgan boot and shoe emporium was providing the best leather goods in town . |
| 10 | Emmie had stood in the doorway , biting her nails . |
| 11 | Until then , Mellor had stood in the face of the scandal as each new wave rolled in , sucking the ground from beneath those famous toes . |
| 12 | Implexion had stood in the mud of the canyon , the pathetic tents being demolished around him by his militia . |