Example sentences of "[pron] stand [adv prt] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As always when drawing , I stand back from the piece at regular intervals to get an overall feel as to how the drawing is developing , and to see if it is uniform in shade and texture . |
| 2 | As always when drawing , I stand back from the piece at regular intervals to get an overall feel as to how the drawing is developing , and to see if it is uniform in shade and texture . |
| 3 | Around the margins of the hill , the termites construct tall , thin-walled chimneys which stand out from the sides like ribs . |
| 4 | It was the worn-down plug of an old volcano which stood out from the lowland plain . |
| 5 | The village school , now quiet behind its white palings in the morning sunshine , was next in the row , and beside it was a well-built house of Cotswold stone which stood back from the green . |
| 6 | IT 'S that time of year when there seems to be a party every other night and it takes a little extra imagination to make you stand out from the crowd . |
| 7 | So will you stand down from the government after the elections ? |
| 8 | And similarly , most of the CTC and especially the , were utterly and outspokenly delighted when she stood down from the committee on moving to PLACE . |
| 9 | Peter admired her for it ; he liked the way she stood out from the other wives . |
| 10 | She stood out from the general run of Tory women like a Bird of Paradise in Trafalgar Square . |
| 11 | We all like to think we stand out from the crowd and , in the past , the face has been seen as the key to unlocking our identity . |
| 12 | We stood out from the rest , who would be played by girls or women — supers as they were called — hastily chosen early on the Monday of our arrival in the town . |
| 13 | Japan was not a country of nonentities , in which no one stood out from the crowd . |
| 14 | What is it about them that makes them stand out from the rest ? |
| 15 | The Thief has to wear something which makes her stand out from the other Brownies . |
| 16 | Can certain individuals be directed in such a way that they stand out from the mass because they are the tellers of the story , the chief exponents in the drama or theme ? |
| 17 | One difference between the pub and the rest of the street was that the brickwork had been painted cream which made it stand out from the long façade of varying shades of red or grey . |
| 18 | Yet another multilevel game that , while enjoyable in most ways , lacks that certain something to make it stand out from the crowd . |
| 19 | As he spoke , so Ray Doyle 's voice hardened , and he stood up from the armchair , hoping that Jack Stone was getting the message : the favour was over . |
| 20 | He stood up from the flight deck console and crossed over to where Postine lay , successfully sedated , on a buttress . |
| 21 | He stood off from the left-hand window and kicked the big bottom pane , pulling his foot back before it interrupted the fall of glass , then kicked again to clear the residue . |
| 22 | Panting , heart pounding , he stood back from the door and waited , safe in the knowledge that the dog was too big to squeeze herself through the gap allowed by the safety-chain . |
| 23 | She did not see him at once , as he stood back from the coiling smoke . |
| 24 | He stood out from the pack . |
| 25 | He stood out from the rest of the mob with his silver hair and stacked shoes . |
| 26 | And then suddenly he appeared , making her heart smile inside her , as he stood out from the crowd with his shock of bright blond hair . |
| 27 | As ever , the knack is to make yourself stand out from the corporate crowd . |
| 28 | When you all have to wear the same uniform , there is n't a great deal you can do to make yourself stand out from the crowd , but we did our best , washing and setting each other 's hair and sharing out what precious bits of makeup we owned . |