Example sentences of "[modal v] to stand [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Well a ponch er it 's sort of made of wood , and got a got a handle crosswise which you held in one half of it in each hand , it had a stem , and on the on the ponch itself was a sort of er piece of wood that had been er cut out to have about four , I think it was four , legs on this , you see and you used to stand over the ponch and |
2 | Of many , in summertime we always used to stand at the top of the yards , you know , men and women . |
3 | ‘ Madame used to stand at the gate to the pavillon , looking down the lane into the rue Victorie , in the belief that Montaine 's absence could be accounted for . |
4 | I could see it from where Abu Khadra used to stand at the edge of his fields in Barqa , although few people knew where Barqa was . |
5 | We had to pick the bind out by hand , er the coal was all er sorted on the screens and er er a u u us lads , we used to stand at the side of the belts that were travelling round and tipping the coal into the wagons down below you see ? |
6 | The Rangers midfield player , who used to stand on the Elland Road terraces , fears Howard Wilkinson 's champions could copy Arsenal by going into free-fall after crashing out of Europe . |
7 | The right hon. Member for Finchley used to stand on the sidelines wringing her hands , carping and whingeing , but in the end she went along with things . |
8 | i.e. the old Whitehall Palace in London , which used to stand beside the Thames , between the present Houses of Parliament and Charing Cross Bridge . |
9 | David Smith 's ‘ Cubi XXVII ’ , the celebrated work which used to stand by the museum 's entrance , and a second sculpture by the artist , have been placed on an awkward terrace above the Monitor Building . |
10 | I used to stand by the window and look out . |
11 | I used to stand in the wings and feel his bum . ’ |
12 | And then I 've seen t er me mother once had er oil lamp from the ceiling and it was round and the oil lamp used to stand in the middle . |