Example sentences of "stood just " in BNC.
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| 1 | A stocky man , dressed in rough denim with a whistle round his neck to warn off the unthinking , stood just beyond the ruined walls of the Temple of the Sun ; on the periphery of everyone 's intense looking . |
| 2 | The two stood just inside the door , blocking the sunlight . |
| 3 | During the first World War Hamilton served with the Coldstream Guards ( he stood just on 6ft ) and he spent the latter part of his service at Caterham Barracks from where he signed for Palace when he was ‘ demobbed ’ in December 1922 . |
| 4 | When day dawned the home of Simon the Trapper was no longer on a peninsula but on an island and stood just clear of the water . |
| 5 | Donald stood just behind him , that place where you ca n't see someone unless you actually turn round , that place where it feels as if someone 's going to sink a pickaxe into the soft part of your skull , Donald stood behind him and took a deep breath , as if he was about to dive under a wave , and said , ‘ Those are my beans . ’ |
| 6 | This was actually the Franciscan Greyfriary and the Whitefriary stood just to the south-west between St. Paul 's Street and Priory Road — a much less romantic site . |
| 7 | The painter Jean-Baptiste Chardin shatters our ‘ knowledge ’ of the world by presenting it to us in a new way , as if we were children and his bowl of fruit stood just above our eye-level . |
| 8 | Well , 'e called , like 'e said 'e would , all wrapped up still , and I brought 'im in and 'e stood just where you 're standin' . |
| 9 | Beside this stood the cooker , installed , apparently , by someone who distrusted the island 's electricity supply ; it was a gas cooker , and had been placed there to be within easy reach of the cylinders of Calor gas that stood just outside the window under a lean-to , beside a stack of peat . |
| 10 | He stayed the night at her cottage which stood just below Purbeck House . |
| 11 | Claudia 's sleeping tent stood just here , with a view all the way to Ol Doinyo Lengai . |
| 12 | She stood just inside one of the big gates and started to act her role . |
| 13 | He stood just out of sight and listened for the lift . |
| 14 | Francis stood just inside the door . |
| 15 | Johnny stood just inside the door to the sitting room . |
| 16 | A uniformed man on either side of him , Joe walked past the vehicle to a steel-shuttered garage door which stood just beyond the public entrance . |
| 17 | The cell block stood just off the L-shaped charge room , a corridor almost completely without daylight . |
| 18 | They stood just outside the front door . |
| 19 | He left Ranulf and Maltote to feed their faces in one of the many pie shops which stood just within the walls of the palace and pushed his way through the crowds , taking the path around the Great Hall to the buildings beyond . |
| 20 | The bell rang before she could open it and Jenna stood just inside the sitting-room in her long housecoat , wondering who on earth it could be ; the post had arrived over an hour ago and she did n't know enough people to be expecting visitors . |
| 21 | The guitarist stopped playing , and all conversation died as Berger stood just inside the door , death come to visit them . |
| 22 | A woman stood just within the hall . |
| 23 | The door was open and she stood just outside the aperture taking in the five men . |
| 24 | CAROLINE PARNELL looks at the Langbaurgh campaign Into battle again in constituency of contrasts Candidates from the three main political parties only are fighting for the marginal Langbaurgh seat and all three stood just five months ago . |
| 25 | He stood just within the room , looking steadily at the Princess , and went headlong where his genius pointed him . |