Example sentences of "there stand the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There stood the wise old Chinaman whom the wise old Moravian would greet every morning when he entered . |
| 2 | Half a minute later the front door was tugged gently open , and there stood the slim nightgowned figure of Molly Hopkins , curlers and all . |
| 3 | Behind Napoleone Lomellini and his noblemen ; behind the Pallaviccino , the Doria , the families of Gentile , Verdure , Archerio , de Pastino and the ranked faces , filled with hate , of the soldiers , there stood the men hitherto guarded as hostages . |
| 4 | But I had no time to reply because just then the door opened and there stood the old lady in her black lace dress . |
| 5 | And there stood the sun , the sea , the boat , so many unambiguous things , around us . |
| 6 | There stood the Shah , impeccable as ever in a well-cut grey suit and rather loud time ramrod straight , his face , always , expressionless before the cold white stare of his father . |
| 7 | There stood the King of Kings and the president , choking and weeping as they tried to praise each other , their wives by their sides . |
| 8 | And they had to change because apartheid was at a dead end the people of South Africa were continuing with their struggle the country was ungovernable and there stood the prospect of more sanctions which would bring the noose around the apartheid system . |