Example sentences of "[pron] stood [verb] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood waiting in the pre-dawn dark watching house lights go on . |
| 2 | She stood framed in the great crystal window , her eyes on the plains and the rolling fields and the forests below Tara . |
| 3 | The last thing she saw , before she turned and flew up the stairs , was the embarrassment on Bob Calder 's face — and the shock on the face of Sofia Valenti , who stood huddled in a shadowed corner . |
| 4 | Eyes rounded in appalled realisation , she stared up at the man who stood stooped in the confined space up ahead . |
| 5 | He stood shivering in the cold air , no longer one with the land , his eyes dim and sightless , his ears blocked to the night sounds , and tried to think . |
| 6 | He stood silhouetted in the soft light that flowed out of the room and silently toasted me . |