Example sentences of "[pron] stood on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood on the round wall and wound the handle as fast as I could , but when the bucket was still just out of reach , the rope kept slipping so I could not reach the bucket . |
| 2 | ‘ When I stood on the first tee in the morning I could hardly see the fairway , ’ said the Atherstone club-mate and friend of Paul Broadhurst , the Ryder Cup player . |
| 3 | I stood on the final tee with Ken Schofield and imagined the kind of pressure build-up the players were feeling . |
| 4 | As I stood on the tufted grass , surrounded by natural beauty , I felt as if I 'd come to another world |
| 5 | It was once full of treasures , but all I could think about as I stood on the battlemented roof , looking out over the Aegean , was that a disciple of Christ 's had sat in his cell in a little monastery half-way up the hill recording the extraordinary revelations he had been vouchsafed . |
| 6 | Just over five and a half years later , I stood on the same spot and watched the Israelis drive down the same road to be greeted in precisely the same way by the same Christians on the same balconies . |
| 7 | Brackenshaw Park in Daniel Deronda forms a picturesque background for an archery contest : ‘ The castle , which stood on the highest platform of the clustered hills , was built of a rough-hewn limestone , full of lights and shadows made by the dark dust of lichens and the washings of the rain . ’ |
| 8 | of Holborough , this was a corrugated iron building lined with timber , which stood on the opposite side of the road and lower down , where now the houses of Browndens Road , begin . |
| 9 | As she stood on the crimson carpet , hesitating , the chandeliers suddenly flashed on , dispelling the gloom . |
| 10 | From where she stood on the gravelled forecourt , she saw that the flight of steps ahead led up to the living accommodation at the higher level , no doubt to exploit the panoramic view , while below , built into the slope , were the garages and stores . |
| 11 | The announcement concludes a 33-year worldwide hunt for Mengele , who stood on the unloading ramp at Auschwitz sending Jews left to the gas chambers or right to the camp with a flick of his thumb . |
| 12 | We stood on the concrete set of the main concourse while extras thronged about . |
| 13 | We wandered over Clare Bridge , which always looks as if it is about to collapse , and then up to St John 's , where we stood on the old Wren bridge and talked for some time , gazing at the so-called Bridge of Sighs which connects the old and new parts of St John 's . |
| 14 | There we stood on the perilous slope . |
| 15 | We stood on the high shingle bank , striving to keep our balance . |
| 16 | The crowd had now swelled to huge numbers as we stood on the 16th tee . |
| 17 | We stood on the top step , an icy wind driving any sleep from our eyes and faces , staring out over the snow-carpeted grounds . |
| 18 | They stood on the concrete steps reviewing the dismal scene as if it were a personal insult . |
| 19 | They stood on the landward edge of the riverside path , very close to the lipping water . |
| 20 | Five minutes later they stood on the grassy bank looking down at the brown water . |
| 21 | They stood on the warm asphalt . |
| 22 | No doubt Temple remembered that once they stood on the same platform at Cambridge . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Reports and returns relating to manpower were based on the position as it stood on the last day of the relevant month . |
| 25 | He called his future domicile Belmont , for it stood on the high ground , with a view sweeping down through the coconut palms to the shore where he had first landed that night he took possession . |
| 26 | The man refused to come clear ; he stood on the far side of the horse , soothing the animal and examining the fresh wound on its neck . |
| 27 | As he stood on the first tee at New Orleans last week , he noticed a boy in a wheelchair . |
| 28 | He stood on the bottom step long after the heavy metal grids had been pulled across the foyer and the last of the cinema lights turned off . |
| 29 | No , the sea , said Wilkie , and she looked out , at the Stella Maris , anchored off the coast , and there he stood on the curving prow , pale on the pale sky , with a triangular patch of yellow like a painted sun — Van Gogh chrome , not Renaissance gilt — between his thighs and his limbs creamy-brown like the foam on the new cappuccino coffee . |
| 30 | He stood on the smaller machine . |