Example sentences of "[pron] stood at the [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood at the door and looked up , but the windows were dark ; she had gone to bed . |
| 2 | I stood at the window and looked down into the street . |
| 3 | In the city , I stood at the window and identified the cars as they breezed by . |
| 4 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 5 | She stood at the door and stared . |
| 6 | Picking Gwen Bear up from the bed , and hugging the soft toy to her for comfort , she stood at the window and stared out at the cloudy night sky . |
| 7 | He stood at the urinal and peed fiercely at the white ceramic wall , streaked with rusty tear-stains from the corroding pipes . |