Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] to stand [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I had to stand outside the door |
| 2 | I had to stand in the middle of this studio , the floor strewn with these bones and meat , and play guitar . |
| 3 | Staffing ratios were generally better in grammar schools than elsewhere , and even the Burnham system favoured ( as it was meant to do ) schools with a larger proportion of older pupils , especially if they were in those sixth forms which continued to stand at the peak of a meritocratic secondary system . |
| 4 | Viewers saw him explode with fury at militiamen who tried to stand in the way of aid convoys , and shake with emotion at the tragic plight of victims of ethnic cleansing . |
| 5 | At any rate she came to stand by the bureau . |
| 6 | Pushing roughly past him , she went to stand at the window , her back to him . |
| 7 | She left the pages where they lay , one-dimensional flakes littering the murky floor , and she went to stand by the balcony window again . |
| 8 | He explained she had to stand in the wings directing the beam of a torch at a strategically placed mirror which would send a reflection of light dancing across the back-cloth of Never-Never Land . |
| 9 | Senator McGowan 's chief concern was for ‘ the poor people of Fintown who had to stand beside the sod ditch ’ and whose future was now being jeopardised by people who ‘ wanted to get on the bandwagon ’ , but he complimented Councillor McCaffrey ‘ if he has shares ’ , though he said he had none himself . |
| 10 | She continued to stand at the edge of the plateau . |
| 11 | She continued to stand in the middle of the kitchen , ablaze . |
| 12 | She wanted to stand on the balcony and look out over the roofs , listen to the strange sounds and watch the cars and scooters rushing by in the street below . |
| 13 | The two of them went to stand in the bow . |
| 14 | His hand under her arm steadied her as they moved to stand at the rail . |
| 15 | He moved to stand by the door , his head an inch from the wood . |
| 16 | Cathy was in the little office and he came to stand in the doorway . |
| 17 | Alone , he went to stand by the window , looking out . |
| 18 | The same thing always happened to him at school if he was brought out to the front of the hall for talking in assembly , or if he had to stand in the aisle with his hands on his head for not paying attention in class . |
| 19 | On May 3 Matiba announced that he wished to stand as the FORD candidate in the presidential elections , expected to take place before the end of the year . |
| 20 | When the shower finally ran cold , he continued to stand under the jets for a while , then stepped out and put a towel round his waist and another over his shoulders . |