Example sentences of "[conj] stood [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kate was sitting on one of the two deep sofas that stood at right angles to the fireplace . |
| 2 | The main part of the chamber was taken up by a table , long and black and battered , that stood at right angles to the sergeant 's desk and had about half a dozen unpadded chairs around it . |
| 3 | Corbett followed , past the dark , open fields and into the trees that stood like silent soldiers in some bewitched army . |
| 4 | It covered some 1000 sq.km and stood at 393 metres below sea level in the 1930s . |
| 5 | He shut the door and stood with folded arms in front of her , a young man of handsome countenance , although already in the early stages of dissipated decay . |
| 6 | All the same , when the cast assembled on stage and stood with bowed heads as Dr Parvin gabbled his blessing , fingers raised to sketch that insidious sign of the cross , she found herself shivering . |
| 7 | When he was out of sight she crossed the great court to the gatehouse , passed by the open door apparently without a glance , and stood for some minutes in the gateway , looking along the Foregate , before turning back towards the guesthouse . |
| 8 | He stripped off his shirt and jeans and stood in brief bathing-trunks looking down at her , his tanned legs and muscular body catching the sun . |