Example sentences of "[pron] stood [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stood for a few moments catching her breath , then continued through to the kitchen . |
| 2 | Melissa found its clean , uncluttered lines at once calming and uplifting , and she stood for a few moments just inside the door , absorbing the tranquil atmosphere . |
| 3 | She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair . |
| 4 | However , she realised the wisdom of his words , but hunger and the sound of the lunch bell caused her to discard all thoughts of a long soak , and instead of running a bath she stood beneath the soothing waters of a hot shower . |
| 5 | She stood by the glittering bottles and looked at him expectantly . |
| 6 | They stood for a few moments in shy silence , staring from one to another . |
| 7 | They stood on the concrete steps reviewing the dismal scene as if it were a personal insult . |
| 8 | Relatively little is known of the first great temples , which were built between 2000 and 1900 BC and destroyed by earthquakes in 1700 BC , except that they stood on the same sites as the later temples . |
| 9 | Three Mutawas had been told of the indignation from the foreign community and they stood with the armed guards at the entry of the delivery theatre to ensure that no sympathetic foreigner assisted the girl to escape . |
| 10 | He stood for a few moments thinking , and looking apprehensively from one stallion to the other . |
| 11 | Waterworth still wanted to fight , claimed Mr Prescott and he stood between the two men trying to get his girlfriend back into the pub . |
| 12 | He stood in the damp boots that leaked the snow wet to his socks , and he hated the man who sat at the desk . |
| 13 | He stood in the crude stirrups of his saddle and smelled the air hard , seeming satisfied . |
| 14 | He stood in the crude stirrups of his saddle and smelled the air hard , seeming satisfied . |
| 15 | Panting with anticipation he stood by the nailed boards as the men inside opened the yard gate . |