Example sentences of "[pron] stood there [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood there for a while in the damp grey afternoon and whispered : ‘ Godspeed . ’ |
| 2 | I stood there with a suit on my shoulder and said who I was . |
| 3 | I stood there with a mop at the side , and he sort of looked at me and all the water the came in ! |
| 4 | As I stood there with the pencil hovering over the ballot paper , the child 's voice echoed in my ear . |
| 5 | I stood there with the salt spray and the mist damp on my face , and the vastness of it , and the antiquity of the desolate remains behind me , made all my life to date seem insignificant and of no account . |
| 6 | I stood there on the beach waiting to feel this excruciating pain , but nothing came , so I must have escaped . ’ |
| 7 | I stood there at the entrance to her lair , hesitating , unsure of what to do next . |
| 8 | As Pyke got me a half of bitter I stood there regarding the rows of inverted bottles behind the barman 's head , not looking at the other actors in the pub , who I knew were all staring at me . |
| 9 | I stood there like a fool , watching him . |
| 10 | I stood there like a half-opened penknife , splattering the forecourt noisily . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , he just did , ’ Mitch muttered , ‘ and I stood there like an idiot , my mouth open and my camera not four yards behind me . ’ |
| 12 | I stood there in the trees , absolutely at a loss ; and then smiled . |
| 13 | I stood there in the dark and the rain , and knew that I had created a monster . |
| 14 | She stood there for a long time , thinking the whole thing out . |
| 15 | She stood there for a moment in confusion , the lantern in her hand shedding a golden light on the creamy folds of her dress where the dark fur had fallen open over it , her hand to her eyes , shading them against the lantern light , her brow creased with puzzlement . |
| 16 | It seemed that she stood there for an age before Nicky said , ‘ A cup of tea would be rather nice . ’ |
| 17 | She stood there with the baby at her breast , holding the girl by the hand . |
| 18 | There was a pathetic dignity about the old animal as she stood there against the mouldering timber of the partition , her eyes patient and undemanding . |
| 19 | You never saw such a frenzy as her frantic rush to dress herself , me pulling outfits from the wardrobe , she rejecting them as fast as they landed on the bed , trying on and discarding until she stood there in a stew of irritation and indecision in nothing but bra and panties . |
| 20 | She stood there in a full , swirling coat of silver-grey silk . |
| 21 | As she stood there in the vestibule , in front of the carved names of Cambridge School 's distinguished pupils , all the Dorothys and Joans and Ediths and Hildas , the glass-panelled front door opened and an old woman let herself in . |
| 22 | She stood there in the hot road in front of the prison door , and waited . |
| 23 | It was only two days ago that she had decided to come and now , as she stood there in the spring sunshine , she could hardly believe she had allowed this to happen . |
| 24 | The slanting sun was behind her , and as she stood there in the doorway he could see the outline of those smooth , slim thighs through the fine fabric . |
| 25 | She stood there like a dark messiah with some unseen flock before her , and Pete could n't help but begin to assemble shapes out of the grainy darkness and to give them solidity and movement . |
| 26 | Her short blonde hair whipping round her face in the breeze , Ronni turned back to fix her eyes on the jetty , which was drawing ever closer as Jeff 's motor boat approached it , and focused with growing interest on the imposing tall , dark figure who stood there in the bright Sardinian sunshine . |
| 27 | We stood there in the dark , imagining the bird crouched on a branch , turning its head from side to side , slurring from pitch to pitch . |
| 28 | Helen , with the baby only two weeks away , was very large indeed , but not too large for me to get my arms around her , and we stood there in the middle of the flagged floor clasped together for a long time with neither of us saying much . |
| 29 | But as they stood there with the white jasmine making an aura of perfume around their heads , something in the mood of the evening seemed to change . |
| 30 | He put out his arms and caught her and held her , and they stood there on the gravel path in the grounds of Hilderbridge General Hospital , embraced as if they had long been lovers and had known each other with profound emotion and physical joy and had been parted only to meet again now , by chance , so felicitously . |