Example sentences of "[pron] stood on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would send it swooping over and under hers , or dive it down to the sands while I stood on a dune cliff , pulling the kite down to nick tall towers of sand I 'd built , then pulling up again , the kite trailing a spray of sand through the air from the collapsing tower . |
| 2 | If I stood on a street corner somewhere , someone could slip me a small packet in exchange for a fiver and in a few hours I 'd be slumped on the floor of a public toilet : a Drug Statistic . |
| 3 | At an election rally in the Wembley Conference Centre in 1983 , I stood on a nail in my training shoes and it went nearly four centimetres into my foot . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As I stood on the footbridge I had a good view of the station . |
| 6 | ‘ When we pulled out of Jaffa , I stood on the stern and looked out over the old city , ’ he said . |
| 7 | I stood on the deck , watching the two spires of Dun Laoghaire receding into the distance . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | At length I stood on the ground , up to my ankles in fresh-fallen snow . |
| 10 | I stood on the parapet , looking out over the town of Swindon , willing myself to feel less disembodied . |
| 11 | Certainly she presented me with my medal for the 100 metres and as I stood on the plinth she did not bat an eyelid . |
| 12 | Recently I stood on the dereliction that is Lindow Moss in Cheshire . |
| 13 | I stood on the doorstep alone , pressing my lids together , breathing in , breathing out . |
| 14 | I stood on the fringe of the little group for a few moments waiting for a chance to speak to Lovat . |
| 15 | I stood on the step with my hamper . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It is a figure of Athena ( fig. 73 ) , headless , which stood on a column inscribed with the names of Angelitos as dedicator and Euenor as maker . |
| 18 | Rollers for the pump flat-rods or chains , and the winding chain , were positioned at intervals up the incline to a pivot and a wheel at the tunnel mouth , then along the tunnel to a balance-bob which stood on a platform cut out specially , and the winding chain over a heavy sheaved wheel above the shaft . |
| 19 | Cathy picked up the telephone which stood on a side table . |
| 20 | This peculiarly unpleasant mixture combined to become a mudflow , which over-ran everything in its path ; in particular a large sugar processing plant , the Usine Guerin , which stood on a tongue of flat land in the valley of the Riviere Blanche , surrounded by sugar-cane plantations . |
| 21 | Two geraniums , unpruned and leafy , which stood on the sill , formed a further defence from out-door pryers . |
| 22 | After Sir John had pronounced himself refreshed they made their way up to Thames Street to the Kirtle tavern which stood on the edge of Smithfield , just under the forbidding walls of Newgate Prison . |
| 23 | He was chairman of the gas works , which stood on the edge of the village , and he kept a large stud of racehorses , of which he was passionately fond . |
| 24 | This figure is often confidently stated to copy a famous statue which stood on the Acropolis , the ‘ Sosandra ’ by Kalamis ( which in turn is identified , probably rightly , with an Aphrodite by the same artist on the same site ) . |
| 25 | He stood at the helm , steering on the tower of St Saviour 's church , which stood on the hilltop between the village of Polruan and the sea . |
| 26 | South-west of Brussels , in the village of Braine-le-Comte , His Royal Highness the Prince William , Prince of Orange , heir to the throne of the Netherlands , and Duke , Earl , Lord , Stadtholder , Margrave and Count of more towns and provinces than even he could remember , leaned forward in his chair , fixed his gaze at the mirror which stood on the dressing-table and , with exquisite care , squeezed a blackhead on his chin . |
| 27 | When she went downstairs he picked up the photo which stood on the dressing-table , one of his parents at someone else 's wedding . |
| 28 | The country cottage might become a miniature replica of itself , or an ear of corn , or a vase which stood on the mantelpiece . |
| 29 | On the following day , however , at a thatch-roofed tavern which stood on the outskirts of Stokenchurch village , the landlord listened to Corbett 's questions and pursed his lips in self-importance . |
| 30 | They rode through the wicket gate of the church , following the pathway which snaked between the trees and overgrown graves to the Norman church which stood on the brow of a small hillock . |