Example sentences of "[noun] stand [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's hard to resist the malevolent allure of the Third Reich , and when I telephoned Sibylle one evening a week or so later , the sound of her rich , Teutonic voice eloquently describing its owner 's activities in the Hitler Youth movement made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck . |
| 2 | He pushed open the arched wooden door of his house and went in , leaving Ruth standing out on the terrace . |
| 3 | Angus Cameron stood up on the oak stump which Donald used as a chopping-block , held out his hand to each part of the crowd as though drawing them into the circuit of the ceremony , and said , at first quietly , then gaining volume as he felt the truth of his words : ‘ Alexander McLaggan , Mary Stewart — you love each other , and must wed each other , and that is right and good . |
| 4 | Over in the corner of the sizable room an electronic organ was giving out Moon River , the player a young , prematurely bald man , with sweat standing out on the smooth , polished face and head . |
| 5 | Sweat stood out on the flagellant 's brow now . |
| 6 | The stories of what it was like there in the hours that followed , and of the lingering deaths of 31 of the most exposed people , make the hair stand up on the back of your neck . |
| 7 | People who 've seen it say it makes the hair stand up on the back of their necks . ’ |
| 8 | The cook stood up on the forward side , so that the shed protected him when there was a favourable wind . |
| 9 | The little man stood up on the foot rests , throttling back . |
| 10 | The church tower stands out on the skyline in the middle of the village and the church dates from the 14th century , though extensively restored and to some extent rebuilt in Victorian times . |
| 11 | St Wenceslas and St Vitus stand up on the cornice with Adalbert , the first bishop of Prague , and St Procopius , the patron saint of the Slavs . |
| 12 | The house stood out on the canvas , stark and majestic on its hilltop , against a light-blue background of sky . |
| 13 | Annie stood up on the table . |