Example sentences of "[noun] stood at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old Den stood at the opposite side of the grave with Tommy Drennan , each with a cord ready to help lay Celia and Dermot Murphy to rest . |
| 2 | Buchanan stood up , putting on his coat as Warden stood at the same time . |
| 3 | Roscarrock Hall stood at the southern end of the village of Polruan , occupying several acres of terraced fields , outbuildings and woodland . |
| 4 | The Upper Mill stood at the western end of the village , and was always a corn mill . |
| 5 | Patrick O'Sullivan , whose Daimler stood at the elegant , twin-leaved front door below , turned to the present owner of the house and said , ‘ Who is that ? ’ |
| 6 | A woman stood at the shallow end , her hand under the chin of a small child , encouraging it along . |
| 7 | The the horse-drawn lorries going to the different curing stations where the gutter girls stood at the far end dressed in their oilskin aprons ready to start the day 's work . |
| 8 | ELISABETH DANZIGER STOOD AT THE OPEN window and watched the gulls swoop round the house , fly straight out to sea and then drop suddenly for prey . |
| 9 | ‘ Albert stood at the other end , to balance her , ’ said Finn . |
| 10 | The chapel was small , an altar stood at the further end from the entrance we came in by . |
| 11 | Indeed it had and the Nonconformist minister stood at the very centre of the Nonconformist world we are discussing . |
| 12 | Robyn stood at the open door and glared furiously as he got into his car and reversed away . |