Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] stand on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Moebius Strip stands on the southern bank of the Grand Canal about a kilometre along from the Baratha Arcade , between the Church of the Directed Panspermia and a crustacean restaurant . |
| 2 | A battered pewter cup stood on the table and , at the other end , in a chair facing an ash-filled fire grate , sat a lady , head forward , shoulders hunched , her veil fallen over her face . |
| 3 | The Bethlehem Chapel stands on the site of the original donated by Hans von Mühlheim , a follower of one of the reformers , and consecrated in 1394 . |
| 4 | These ridges have been built with considerable rapidity for Camber Castle stands on the innermost ridge , although , when it was constructed in 1538–9 , it stood on the ridge next to the sea . |
| 5 | Holy Trinity Church stood on the corner diagonally opposite the ‘ Robin Hood ’ . |
| 6 | She found the trug in the outhouse , not the kitchen , and cleaned it before trotting off towards the rectory , which was quite a long walk from Vetch Street , through a rowdy street market where an organ-grinder and his monkey were performing , and a Punch and Judy man stood on the corner , and Sally-Anne — no longer McAllister now that she was out of the house — for all of her advanced years stood and watched Mr Punch for some time before she guiltily remembered what she was supposed to be doing . |
| 7 | The Stamford and Rutland Infirmary stands on the site of the Franciscan Greyfriars and was endowed by Henry Fryer , surgeon , in 1828 . |
| 8 | THE LACE HALL stands on the edge of the lace market , once the hub of the industry . |
| 9 | The man in the leather jacket stood on the platform for a moment longer before stepping up into the carriage next to Donna 's . |
| 10 | Until removed to another site during the recent redevelopment in Croydon , the ‘ Greyhound ’ public house stood on the east side of the High Street , not far from the Crown Hill intersection . |
| 11 | Dunvegan Castle stands on the edge of the sea , and looks up along the long narrow Loch Dunvegan to the north-west . |
| 12 | A large puce Chinese lantern dangled from the ceiling and a silver tinsel Christmas tree stood on the coffee table . |
| 13 | Then they saw the door open and Jonathan Ram stood on the threshold , knife raised . |
| 14 | goal-line with oldham player standing on the line |