Example sentences of "[adv] to stand [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Let me invite you to dinner in an hour , ’ said George , ‘ and ’ — this was addressed to Mrs Robinson , who had crept in to stand in the doorway and hear the end of the story , and now stepped forward to play a part — ‘ please , let us borrow your daughter for the evening so that we four can be a company . |
| 2 | One has only to stand on the bridge over the Trannon at Trefeglwys and look upstream to see the stable narrow river coursing elegantly between its magnificent borders of ash and sycamore , and compare this with the immediate downstream reach , which wanders amidst a waste of gravel . |
| 3 | I rose , bid him good evening , and went outside to stand in the road and enjoy the scents of darkness and the sight of the moon . |
| 4 | Alice squatted down , opened the case , took out her violin and bow and , hesitating only for a moment , walked over to stand by the others . |
| 5 | John Taylor says he thought long and hard before deciding not to stand for the Conservatives in Cheltenham again . |
| 6 | The AOC 's personal assistant was an airman like myself and he warned me not to stand on the mat in front of his desk . |
| 7 | It 's also as well not to stand under the edge of overhanging buildings . |
| 8 | Secondly the allowance for inflation was based on a three per cent price increase and because of the very competitive nature of the prices we receive for maintenance work a sum of two hundred and seventy thousand pounds can be carried forward into next year from this allowance , in other words the real purchasing power of the budget have been maintained and two hundred and seventy thousand pounds can be put aside to stand in the future . |
| 9 | We 're asking that you test the temperature of your politicians that offer themselves up to stand on the councils , and we believe that being a good environmentalist aids all of their political life and er saving the environment now will save money in the future . |
| 10 | Alice smiled and nodded , and got up to stand at the window , looking out . |
| 11 | A dark , cowled figure came in and went up to stand in the Lady Chapel . |
| 12 | After the South African War , he tried unsuccessfully to stand for the South African parliament before returning home to marry Lady Mary Douglas Hamilton . |
| 13 | Still looking doubtful , she went off to fill the order , and when Ellie had eaten it all , down to the very last scrap , and had two cups of coffee , she came back to stand at the table , full of admiration and amazement . |
| 14 | Cranston stood up and linked his arm through Athelstan 's as they went out to stand at the door whilst the ostler saddled their horses . |
| 15 | ‘ In the primary-school playground , of course , when I was singled out to stand in the centre of a ring while a dozen sweet-faced little girls danced round me chanting ‘ Shannon 's dad 's a robber . ’ ' |
| 16 | Finally deciding it was not only pointless , but spineless as well to stand at the door waiting for a man who would n't come , she went up to bed , and surprisingly she fell asleep almost at once , only to be woken some hours later by a violent storm . |
| 17 | This gives it a passing resemblance to a crab , with which it shares an inability to raise itself significantly above any flat surface on which it finds itself , giving the lie to that universally popular , but inaccurate , graffito , ‘ Please to stand upon the seat , the crabs in here can jump six feet ’ . |
| 18 | There is a great difference between , on the one hand , voting Labour in a constituency which spread beyond the boundaries of the colliery village , and , on the other hand , being seen to organize a local Labour party or even to stand against the colliery manager and the old elite . |
| 19 | It meant that they had almost to stand on the air , flapping furiously , and then drop the last few inches . |
| 20 | She was trembling , hot tears sprang to her eyes , she wanted to cover her face with her hands , but did not dare attempt such a defending gesture for it would have seemed a patent provocation ; besides she knew how to stand in the face of anger . |
| 21 | So that 's that 's the way to use that is not to talk to it but to have a silence while you 're writing er and then to stand at the side while you making the points that are that are associated with what you 've written up . |
| 22 | The station and train staff are always very courteous and helpful ; quite often the guard takes the trouble to help me on or off with the bike ; and station staff are good at guessing in advance what part of the train will take the bike , hence where to stand on the platform . |