Example sentences of "[pron] stood [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood about fifty metres away from the still steaming crater . |
| 2 | I pulled the door shut and almost ran to the front door and into Langdon Crescent garden , where I stood for five minutes breathing in the fresh air . |
| 3 | They made the driver help them , but I stood to one side stamping my feet to keep warm and watching the horizon with keen interest . |
| 4 | ‘ What would you give me if I stood on that boulder on one leg ? ’ asked Christopher , eyeing a small rock on the extreme edge of the cliff . |
| 5 | As I stood on one foot to remove them , the little cabin shifted on its suspension but there was no embarrassment , not even in the disparity between the utility of our underwear and the transcendence of our desire . |
| 6 | He held me while I stood on one leg to massage the injured toe . |
| 7 | As my companion remarked , the oldies are goldies and you ca n't get much ( g ) older than ‘ I stood on this stage 30 years ago and I was so successful they 've asked me back tonight . ’ |
| 8 | I stood at that window and watched you for at least two minutes ! |
| 9 | Early one morning , in the merry month of May , I stood in this dining room watching a group of climbers from all over the world being introduced to The Great Tradition . |
| 10 | OCMP group members have 32.7% of the Japanese workstation market which stood at 106,320 shipments last year , and would like to increase this share to 50% . |
| 11 | Shares in Acorn Computer Group Plc , which stood at 38 pence at the start of the year , put on 29 pence at 112 pence on the strength of its 46%-owned affiliate Advanced RISC Machines Ltd 's significant agreement with Texas Instruments Inc ( CI No 2,175 ) before settling back sixpence on Tuesday to close at 106p . |
| 12 | Everyone stopped where they were and stared as she pointed dramatically at a dark green house plant which stood on some kind of plinth behind the seat she 'd been allocated . |
| 13 | IN A HOUSE WHICH STOOD ON THIS SITE ’ . |
| 14 | He indicated one of the big Chesterfields which stood on either side of the fireplace . |
| 15 | Indeed , the dagger could have come from anywhere : a darkened window , a shadowed door or from the top of any of the low squat buildings which stood on either side of the alleyway . |
| 16 | Stanley 's ironmonger 's shop , which stood beside another bridge near the centre of the small , squat town , was also made of wood . |
| 17 | He won 31 caps — a record which stood for 42 years . |
| 18 | Alex picked a bloom from the large bouquet of mixed carnations which stood to one side of her desk and held it to her nose , savouring the cinnamon scent . |
| 19 | Artai walked from the balcony across the expanse of the chamber to a marble table which stood against one wall . |
| 20 | He caught the tangy smell of soap , though he also sniffed the stench of corruption and the dank smell of a charnel house which stood in one corner of the grounds . |
| 21 | The stock still has a long way to go before its regains the 780p level at which its stood in early April before a warning of a slow-down in sales . |
| 22 | She stood for several moments in front of the altar before turning away and walking back towards the door . |
| 23 | She stood for several seconds , fingering her camera , staring up at the trees , glancing down the path and listening for the sound of trampling in the undergrowth that would herald Fernand 's return to his task . |
| 24 | And , as soon as she had paid the driver and he had gone on his way she stood for some moments , looking at Ven 's house , photographing it in her mind 's eye because she knew — she would never come this way again . |
| 25 | She stood to one side and observed this pathetic self-deluding fifty-two-year-old in a state of romantic yearning and sexual excitation . |
| 26 | She stood to one side as the woman got up and , casting the strait-jacket aside , went across to the cot , bending down over it to lift and cradle the child . |
| 27 | She stood about four feet away from him in her ungainly dressing gown . |
| 28 | She stood at that door waiting |
| 29 | She stood with closed eyes , listening to the measured footsteps . |
| 30 | For she knew where she stood with that family . |