Example sentences of "[pron] stood [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood up for a gasp of air , ducked down again , searching with fingers , with feet , with urgency turning to appalling alarm . |
| 2 | So I stood around like a fool for twenty minutes . |
| 3 | Yanto was one of those men who stood out in a crowd . |
| 4 | Wyllie , who stood down as a candidate for the All Black job after a confidential letter from NZRFU Chairman Eddie Tonks criticising him was leaked to the press , returns to what he loves most , working with clubs to develop the skill and the knowledge of the average club player . |
| 5 | They stood round in a ring long after she 'd come to rest , after her legs had stopped wagging , after her fingers had stopped tugging . |
| 6 | It stood out like a beacon in that rather murky period . |
| 7 | He stood up like a man in a dream . |
| 8 | ‘ His underlying motive is that he wants to change the world , not so he can manage it , but so that he can make it a different place , ’ explains Charles Handy , who picked Gould out from a handful of students at the London Business School ‘ because he stood out in a group of people as by far the most interesting , and that was because he was determined to have control over his life ’ . |