Example sentences of "stood just [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was actually the Franciscan Greyfriary and the Whitefriary stood just to the south-west between St. Paul 's Street and Priory Road — a much less romantic site . |
| 2 | He stayed the night at her cottage which stood just below Purbeck House . |
| 3 | A stocky man , dressed in rough denim with a whistle round his neck to warn off the unthinking , stood just beyond the ruined walls of the Temple of the Sun ; on the periphery of everyone 's intense looking . |
| 4 | A uniformed man on either side of him , Joe walked past the vehicle to a steel-shuttered garage door which stood just beyond the public entrance . |
| 5 | Beside this stood the cooker , installed , apparently , by someone who distrusted the island 's electricity supply ; it was a gas cooker , and had been placed there to be within easy reach of the cylinders of Calor gas that stood just outside the window under a lean-to , beside a stack of peat . |
| 6 | They stood just outside the front door . |
| 7 | The door was open and she stood just outside the aperture taking in the five men . |
| 8 | During the first World War Hamilton served with the Coldstream Guards ( he stood just on 6ft ) and he spent the latter part of his service at Caterham Barracks from where he signed for Palace when he was ‘ demobbed ’ in December 1922 . |
| 9 | The cell block stood just off the L-shaped charge room , a corridor almost completely without daylight . |
| 10 | The painter Jean-Baptiste Chardin shatters our ‘ knowledge ’ of the world by presenting it to us in a new way , as if we were children and his bowl of fruit stood just above our eye-level . |
| 11 | Donald stood just behind him , that place where you ca n't see someone unless you actually turn round , that place where it feels as if someone 's going to sink a pickaxe into the soft part of your skull , Donald stood behind him and took a deep breath , as if he was about to dive under a wave , and said , ‘ Those are my beans . ’ |
| 12 | The two stood just inside the door , blocking the sunlight . |
| 13 | She stood just inside one of the big gates and started to act her role . |
| 14 | Francis stood just inside the door . |
| 15 | Johnny stood just inside the door to the sitting room . |
| 16 | The bell rang before she could open it and Jenna stood just inside the sitting-room in her long housecoat , wondering who on earth it could be ; the post had arrived over an hour ago and she did n't know enough people to be expecting visitors . |
| 17 | The guitarist stopped playing , and all conversation died as Berger stood just inside the door , death come to visit them . |
| 18 | He left Ranulf and Maltote to feed their faces in one of the many pie shops which stood just within the walls of the palace and pushed his way through the crowds , taking the path around the Great Hall to the buildings beyond . |
| 19 | A woman stood just within the hall . |
| 20 | He stood just within the room , looking steadily at the Princess , and went headlong where his genius pointed him . |