Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] stood [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite a boycott in parts of Abkhazia , over 75 per cent of the electorate turned out to vote in the elections , in which Shevardnadze stood as the only candidate . |
| 2 | Patrick O'Sullivan , whose Daimler stood at the elegant , twin-leaved front door below , turned to the present owner of the house and said , ‘ Who is that ? ’ |
| 3 | Mr Peters and his wife stood by the main entrance greeting the congregation as they entered . |
| 4 | His apprentices stood in a respectful half-circle to watch , and a crowd of small boys — most of them children of members of the household — loitered in a shy cluster in a nearby doorway . |
| 5 | His mother stood in the low back doorway , framed by the light , an apron over her long dress . |
| 6 | The boy was presumably present when his mother stood before a Frankish assembly " declaring her willingness to purge herself on all the charges levelled against her " — and no accuser appeared . |