Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] stood [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Clarke , a retired headmaster who once stood as the Liberal candidate for Edinburgh Pentlands , is a prominent member of the far right . |
| 2 | In truth she was n't really interested in Taureg 's arrival , but anything that broke the self-imposed purdah of her existence was welcome , she supposed , for she still stood outside the real world , looking in ; a part of her still waited in Yeoman 's Lane and none of this strangeness around her was really happening . |
| 3 | Theseus and Antiope are finely finished all round ; but the back of Athena is left rough ( an important document for archaic technique ) and she clearly stood in the old formal kore-pose . |
| 4 | What told most against Pétain , however , was that while Joffre , Foch and de Castelnau all swam vigorously with the current , he alone stood against the prevailing tide of the de Grandmaison movement . |
| 5 | He usually stood on a little platform raised high enough to enable him to see over and past the cabins when the boat was moving . |