Example sentences of "i stood " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the painting said nothing at all to me as I stood gazing at it . |
| 2 | I stood at the window and looked down into the street . |
| 3 | I stood amid a gaggle of laughing students in frozen silence , and read the list over and over again . |
| 4 | I stood him up . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's all right , I was just leaving , ’ I said , and I stood up . |
| 6 | I stood there staring at it for a moment , unable to believe what I saw . |
| 7 | I stood up and shook it . |
| 8 | I was so surprised I stood up . |
| 9 | I stood outside my community , like the man who took many steps on Sabbath ’ ; ( concluding ) ‘ I will never be free from this tyranny . ’ |
| 10 | The next day , although I sprayed the pests , as I knew I must , I stood at arm 's length from the compost heap and wore jeans and high-rise trainers . |
| 11 | He opened it ; I stood in the doorway while he approached the creature . |
| 12 | I stood before my blonde other self , wondering at my calmness , contemplating my clothes on the English boy 's friend . |
| 13 | My arched body had moved gingerly toward the only hold , and once there I stood upright and whooped knowing that nothing would stop me now . |
| 14 | I stood in the middle of the room growling and showing my teeth , then I made a puddle ! |
| 15 | Then I stood and drooped everything ; my head , ears , tail . |
| 16 | I stood in the rain , far from home at nightfall |
| 17 | The cap badge with its St Andrew 's Cross split in two brought a lump to my throat as I stood rooted to the spot . |
| 18 | I stood up and shook hands with both of them saying slowly , ‘ My name is Bill Millin . ’ |
| 19 | As I stood watching him for a few seconds and looking at the damage to his farm buildings and the dead and wounded cattle around the orchard , I thought to myself . |
| 20 | I stood up and gazed along the barrel of the Bren gun and could n't help smiling to myself and thinking that Taff was at his funniest when he was annoyed about something , even though our circumstances at the moment were anything but funny . |
| 21 | I stood on the fringe of the little group for a few moments waiting for a chance to speak to Lovat . |
| 22 | As I stood and watched them pass by I wondered how many of them would be killed or seriously wounded by this time tomorrow afternoon . |
| 23 | I stood staring at the jeep as it bumped and swayed over the uneven ground of the orchard until it reached the road and then disappeared in a cloud of dust . |
| 24 | I stood frozen to the spot unable to do anything ; I could see soldiers diving for cover ; the Frenchman who was coming towards me with a smile on his bearded face was now lying on the ground . |
| 25 | As I stood and gazed at the now empty slit trenches , I could n't help a sinking feeling in my stomach as I pictured in my mind those who had occupied the trenches in this orchard , those who had been killed or seriously wounded . |
| 26 | I stood up as the Sergeant approached . |
| 27 | My mind cast back to the winter of last November when I stood on this same platform awaiting the arrival of a new intake . |
| 28 | Planting a booted foot securely on a rock in the stream , I stood up . |
| 29 | I stood it for a bit and then I 'm afraid I said to him that what was sauce for the goose and at least I was n't married . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I stood in the centre circle and waved my blue-and-white scarf . |