Example sentences of "[pron] stood [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I stood leaning against the tall coconut palm tree . |
2 | I stood waiting in the pre-dawn dark watching house lights go on . |
3 | For a moment she stood looking around the wide hall , closely carpeted in dark , velvety blue which lent an added drama to the vivid Impressionist paintings , the apricot-coloured Knole settee . |
4 | She stood leaning against the tiled wall with a towel wrapped around her body . |
5 | Gripping her spear in white hands , she stood gazing at the shadowy Isle . |
6 | She stood staring at the yellow-flowered table cloth , as phrases formed and reformed inside her head , but she said nothing . |
7 | We stood staring across the icy water at the mist-shrouded island . |
8 | 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 . |