Example sentences of "[adj] stand on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until a few years ago it was possible to stand on the incline , particularly in summer , without becoming the least aware that here once stood one of the most complex and sophisticated pieces of apparatus ever constructed on English canals , and the idea of two narrow boats going up while another pair came down would have been quite beyond belief . |
| 2 | You must be prepared to stand on the practice green for ages . |
| 3 | I should be interested to stand on the sidelines and watch the blood running down the walls as that is sorted out between the two ruling Labour groups . |
| 4 | Salads , quiches , baked potatoes , cheese and bread covered the table ; bowls of taramosalata , smoked mackerel pâté and humous stood on the worktops ; a casserole simmered on the stove . |
| 5 | The Europeans all stand on the station veranda , while an African crowd stands outside the station beside the tracks . |
| 6 | We all stand on the edge of a darkened ring . |
| 7 | I did n't know what to say , and they said , well where were you , well er , I said we were all standing on the balcony and we , we did n't hear you , erm , it was ab I mean looking back now , it 's funny , but it was ludicrous at the time . |
| 8 | Foxy was saying how they were all standing on the balcony saying that she really ought n't to wear those shorts cos she 's got such thunder thighs . |
| 9 | And they all stood on the stage doing something ? |
| 10 | But for newcomers it is daunting to stand on the brink of Genghis Khan — one of the runs in China Bowl — and gaze down at unending acres of snow . |
| 11 | None of the bereaved stood on the spot where their relatives died . |
| 12 | It was difficult to stand on the deck , because the wind was so strong . |
| 13 | There were , of course , plenty of people who did not view catching a plane at the shriek of dawn , fighting for a patch of sand big enough to spread a handkerchief , suffering appalling hangovers from over-indulgence in Spanish ‘ champagne ’ , and arriving home burnt to a painful scarlet wearing a ridiculous hat and clutching a straw donkey too big to stand on the television , as travel . |
| 14 | Boy would have been happiest to stand on the end of a pier from which big ships , real proper ocean ships , embarked ; but he would have settled for just an ordinary pier , a small one — so long as it was big enough for him to walk away from the city , into the wind , turn his back on everything and stand there looking west at an empty sea , or a far horizon , and think about America , or somewhere . |