Example sentences of "[pron] stood [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood under the shower . |
| 2 | Dad Tam : " You promise me you will never tell anybody " til " am deed that I stood for the man who made that statue . " |
| 3 | When er I stood for the election of the national organizers for the East of Scotland and I was successful there and I left the Edinburgh branch in May nineteen sixty six to start work with the head office in nine May nineteen sixty six . |
| 4 | I stood with the breeze flapping at my collar , watching the spin-drift sand , promising that one day I would write about this place . |
| 5 | I stood on the winner 's rostrum swathed in the Union Jack , the photographers ' light bulbs flashing , the crowd clapping , cheering , other Union Jacks being waved from side to side . |
| 6 | As I stood on the footbridge I had a good view of the station . |
| 7 | ‘ When we pulled out of Jaffa , I stood on the stern and looked out over the old city , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I stood on the deck , watching the two spires of Dun Laoghaire receding into the distance . |
| 9 | In 1985 I stood on the quayside , shivering in the cold drizzle , to watch Arthur Hutton plant the hedge , closely watched by his grandson Martin , who hopes one day to follow his grandfather in keeping up the custom . |
| 10 | At length I stood on the ground , up to my ankles in fresh-fallen snow . |
| 11 | I stood on the parapet , looking out over the town of Swindon , willing myself to feel less disembodied . |
| 12 | Certainly she presented me with my medal for the 100 metres and as I stood on the plinth she did not bat an eyelid . |
| 13 | Recently I stood on the dereliction that is Lindow Moss in Cheshire . |
| 14 | I stood on the doorstep alone , pressing my lids together , breathing in , breathing out . |
| 15 | I stood on the fringe of the little group for a few moments waiting for a chance to speak to Lovat . |
| 16 | I stood on the step with my hamper . |
| 17 | As I stood on the walkway , the water level reached above my knees , and I waded along beside the wall in the direction of the lower door and the river . |
| 18 | I stood at the foot of the bed and watched my grandfather go to sleep . |
| 19 | And then he was pushed roughly on , and suddenly , inexplicably my mind was filled with a vivid picture of Christ looking down at me as I stood at the foot of the cross . |
| 20 | Employing a lounge-lizard gait , he swaggered towards me as I stood at the bar waiting for my Coke . |
| 21 | I stood at the bar with the Morning Line , WITCH WHO LIED FOR DR SEX . |
| 22 | I saw him a few times more after that , in the months that followed , coming slowly up the lane from the station , as Millie and I stood at the gate . |
| 23 | I stood at the top of the slope . |
| 24 | I stood at the door and looked up , but the windows were dark ; she had gone to bed . |
| 25 | I stood at the window and looked down into the street . |
| 26 | In the city , I stood at the window and identified the cars as they breezed by . |
| 27 | I stood at the edge of a circle of standing stones , each eight to ten foot high , with a massive central stone which leaned at a perilous angle . |
| 28 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 29 | I stood at the doorway , waiting . |
| 30 | When I stood at the doorway , hesitating to dash into the pouring rain , I could see that the landscape had moved with the date . |