Example sentences of "[conj] stand [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Fans demand the right to sit or stand in a safe ground . ’ |
| 2 | Nowadays methods vary from teacher to teacher , but in a typical lesson the pupil is likely to find himself lying , sitting or standing on a hard table while his teacher , using hands and voice , gently guides his head and gets him to release his neck and shoulders . |
| 3 | In any dodgy situation , whether you are walking down a lonely street or standing in a crowded bar where an argument is brewing , make sure that you are aware of possible escape routes . |
| 4 | 3 If you need to be sitting or standing in a particular way , sort this out . |
| 5 | This is the kind of dreamy Hollywood fantasy I like to float in when I 'm lying flat on my back under some dirty platform desperately trying to tack a loose wire or stubborn piece of baize into position — or standing in a wet field trying to work out exactly how the VIPs will swim through the mud from the helicopter to the marquee . |
| 6 | It was a source of great prestige to have one 's portrait painted while sitting on , or standing near an Anatolian rug , and numerous examples of this can be seen in the pictures of Simone Martini and other artists of the period . |
| 7 | On the positive side , it says that the company 's financial condition remains strong , with about $150m of cash and long-term investments at 1992 year end , and $112m of debt , and a debt-to-equity ratio that stands at a conservative 13% . |
| 8 | then star that stands for a wild card , that 'll do all files which have got the back up . |
| 9 | Sometimes his willingness to raise the alarm is literally the only thing that stands between an old person and the possibility of a lonely and lingering death following a fall or sudden illness . |
| 10 | Now , I 'd rather be sitting in a car than standing on a crowded platform , but there was n't much in the way of light relief on the radio . |
| 11 | He rubbed his hands together in anticipation and pressed the play button on a video that stood on a small table . |
| 12 | A church that stood upon a grassy hill and to which you mounted by a flight of steep stone stairs . |
| 13 | He kept to the edge of the tree line and saw nothing until he reached the blocks of apartments that stood in an incongruous group in the forest area . |
| 14 | His best work has a direct simplicity , benefits from its autobiographical inspiration , and stands as a worthy memorial to all those who died in the Spanish civil war . |
| 15 | The Carnaud Metal Box plant in Wennington Road on the edge of the town was built only six years ago and stands in a landscaped site of some four acres . |
| 16 | They yield 6.2 p.c. and stand on a historic multiple of 12½ . |
| 17 | Others , though redundant , are maintained to the point of safety and stand as an impressive reminder of a more faithful age . |
| 18 | On the whole the ‘ kinship defenders ’ defend the biological parents and their value to the child , and the ‘ society-as-parent ’ school supports the psychological parents — those who have given most care and attention to the child and stand in a close , loving relationship to him [ or her ] . |
| 19 | She would have reacted in exactly the same way if she had been stone-cold sober and standing in a bare room under a fluorescent light . |
| 20 | In 1880 he had had a political fling and stood as a Liberal candidate for the City of London in favour of disestablishment , temperance legislation , social and political reform . |
| 21 | He was Hampshire 's coach in 1939 and stood as a first-class umpire in 1949 , the year before his death . |
| 22 | Charles collapsed like a glove puppet with the hand withdrawn , and stood for a long moment , sagging . |
| 23 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
| 24 | She had risen from her deep curtsey , and stood for a long moment gazing steadily into his face . |
| 25 | She went up to her room , put the Diary in her drawer and stood for a long time , breathing on the window and drawing faces . |
| 26 | She walked one last time down the rickety boardwalk in front of the cabins , and stood for a long time looking down at the sleeping lodge , the moody lake beyond it . |
| 27 | The threw back the bedclothes , shed her clinging nightgown and stood under a cool shower until she began to come alive . |
| 28 | Severed eyes are best potted individually in good clean garden soil and stood in a shallow bowl of water with their growing points submerged . |
| 29 | They came and stood in a little group , disciplined and obedient . |
| 30 | The piglets slowed their headlong gallop to a trot , then , as though controlled by telepathy , they all stopped at once and stood in a pink group in one corner , |