Example sentences of "[verb] to stand [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er not so much on Street because they tend to stand near the flats . |
| 2 | In his letter he stated : ’ Such a development will cause me no little difficulty — especially from the SNP ! if you and Douglas Hurd judge that the UK 's overall interests will be best served then I would not want to stand in the way of UKAEA 's involvement . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't want to stand in the doorway and shake hands but it 's a great feeling to go into one of the restaurants and realise they do n't belong to the GrandMet or Imperial , but they are mine ! ’ |
| 4 | It added : ‘ They also saw students from a college being ordered out in front of the building , made to stand against the wall , and shot dead . |
| 5 | Viewers saw him explode with fury at militiamen who tried to stand in the way of aid convoys , and shake with emotion at the tragic plight of victims of ethnic cleansing . |
| 6 | A few years back each golfer used his own collection of chipped and misshapen balls and the caddies were expected to stand at the end of the practice area and collect them . |
| 7 | A late election will also be acceptable where at a crucial time one of the signatories or a signatory 's agent was unavailable for unforeseeable reasons ( such as a serious illness ) and there was no one else who could reasonably be expected to stand in the agent 's shoes . |
| 8 | The STA as a whole was left with debts totalling £6,260 in the 1870s , and " the greater part of this sum was absorbed by the members of the Edinburgh branch … [ who ] above all others might have been expected to stand by the office-bearers till the debt was at least liquidated " . |
| 9 | He glanced up to where Merrill had come to stand in the doorway , an amused smile flickering across his sensual mouth , his eyes slightly mocking . |
| 10 | The man moved to stand at the top of the stairs , barring their way , and then he recognized the young man . |
| 11 | His hand under her arm steadied her as they moved to stand at the rail . |
| 12 | Penry Vaughan ducked his tall head through the doorway and moved to stand at the foot of the bed in the shadows beyond the arc of light from the small lamp . |
| 13 | He moved to stand by the door , his head an inch from the wood . |
| 14 | You may need to stand behind the patient at first , to encourage him to move correctly and not in a ‘ dot and carry , pattern . |
| 15 | In Women and Psychology ( Williams 1979 ) , for instance , Ladner 's paper ‘ Growing up Black ’ , which describes the specific experiences of growing up in US cities in the 1960s , has to stand for the effects of both ‘ race ’ and class on gender . |
| 16 | John 's wife Clare has to stand outside the stable on a crate with Milton 's tail over the top of the stable door and pull it from there , while John has him twitched at the front end . |
| 17 | On he 's , he 's instructions , on , do n't like that dam great bush being so near , he never has to stand at the kitchen sink and look out like I do this is where my , it 's funny whether the winds blowing this way or that way , |
| 18 | In reading Greenblatt it can too often seem that discussions of such selective parts of a play may appear to stand for the whole . |
| 19 | As with the word ‘ church ’ , the synagogue came to stand for the building as well as the people meeting there . |
| 20 | Cathy was in the little office and he came to stand in the doorway . |
| 21 | At any rate she came to stand by the bureau . |
| 22 | Riders broke away from the group and came to stand near the fence , waiting almost motionless in the still morning , while the horses shook their heads , grass foam dripping from bits , stamping impatiently . |
| 23 | Richard Brilliant has suggested that the bust involves a high degree of representative abstraction since the only the head and shoulders and upper part of the body are made to stand for the whole . |
| 24 | They tend to be out on their own , away from towns or villages , for they were built to stand in the midst of their acres . |
| 25 | His daughter would hardly expect to stand behind the counter … |
| 26 | Got to stand in the queue then with . |
| 27 | Owen waved Cynan furiously onward , and turned to stand off the assault . |
| 28 | With a little shiver , she muttered awkwardly , ‘ Well , go on , then , or are we going to stand on the ladder all day ? ’ |
| 29 | The upsurge in traffic in the 1980s has alas meant that passengers have often had to stand in the centre aisles , in the lobbies , and around the door vestibules . |
| 30 | You know , i i you need to be full to fill up that area because well , you know yourself , people like to stand around the bar do n't they ? |