Example sentences of "[pron] stand [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Everyone stands for the general salute — they may be civilian guests , but they have studied the programme avidly and have learnt what to do .
2 Cooking procedures : most of the meals do not need cooking , just add hot water and leave them to stand for a few minutes .
3 where R represents the number of correct responses for the right ear/visual field and I stands for the left ear/visual field .
4 I stand in a five-pointed star position in the middle of the room while the doghandler runs his hands along my limbs .
5 I stand in a light mist of rain .
6 I stand in a British book shop with my mouth agape .
7 I stand in the early darkness and watch as Crilly is bundled into the back of the red and white van and taken away , siren silent but the bright lights flashing .
8 When I stand in the direct path , say three yards away , I prevent projections of the sound from going any further , though this is a good position for myself to hear ‘ my sound ’ .
9 I stand before the pure white Host ,
10 I stood as the Green Party candidate in May 1988 and 1989 .
11 I stood over the other side of the road from it and watched .
12 I stood for a long time in a telephone box just to keep out of the slicing rain .
13 I stood for a long while looking at Voting Right .
14 I stood for a long time , staring at the mirror .
15 But our to avoid that situation I left and went to work with which kept me in the Edinburgh branch and within three or four weeks I stood for the local organizer and had not been successful .
16 I could hear the sound of rent cloth in my head , but I stood on a wooden chair while Lili pinned the seams closer , standing quietly like a broken horse to be saddled and bridled .
17 I stood on the round wall and wound the handle as fast as I could , but when the bucket was still just out of reach , the rope kept slipping so I could not reach the bucket .
18 When my holiday had the goodness to be over , I stood on the usual rush-hour bus and read a schoolboy 's comic strips over his shoulder .
19 ‘ When I stood on the first tee in the morning I could hardly see the fairway , ’ said the Atherstone club-mate and friend of Paul Broadhurst , the Ryder Cup player .
20 I stood on the final tee with Ken Schofield and imagined the kind of pressure build-up the players were feeling .
21 As I stood on the tufted grass , surrounded by natural beauty , I felt as if I 'd come to another world
22 It was once full of treasures , but all I could think about as I stood on the battlemented roof , looking out over the Aegean , was that a disciple of Christ 's had sat in his cell in a little monastery half-way up the hill recording the extraordinary revelations he had been vouchsafed .
23 Just over five and a half years later , I stood on the same spot and watched the Israelis drive down the same road to be greeted in precisely the same way by the same Christians on the same balconies .
24 I stood at the front door of No. 5 , watching Dana straddle his bike , adjust his backpack and wave cheerily to me as he roared off down the road .
25 I stood at the front door for a long time being soaked by the rain .
26 I stood at the front door and it was around my ankles , within five minutes it was around my knees , ’ said Joanne .
27 When Paul 's score at the 17th came on they were close to erupting , so while Nick signed his card I stood beside the 18th green .
28 Oh , I stood outside the primary school this morning and spoke to the other mothers , and none of them want anything to do with it .
29 Mr and Mrs Smith , the benign proprietors , were always good to me , giving me a lolly or a ‘ black jack ’ every time I shopped there , and I was looking forward to the treat as I stood behind a small queue masking the counter .
30 For a while I stood by the shattered doorway , wondering what to do .
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