Example sentences of "[pron] stood by [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 For a while I stood by the shattered doorway , wondering what to do .
2 I stood by the open window and the dogs licked my hands as I listened .
3 She stood by the glittering bottles and looked at him expectantly .
4 I outlined what my message had been over the past two weeks and would be at the Party Conference — that we stood by the National Health Service and had no intention of moving over to a new system of finance .
5 As they stood by the covered courtyard Hennessy said , ‘ Remember , please , not a word to anybody .
6 The Tunisian government confirmed on Sept. 11 that , while it stood by the unanimous March 1990 Arab League decision to transfer the headquarters to Cairo [ see p. 37334 ] , the move to speed up the transfer " could hamper this body and prevent it from shouldering its responsibility " .
7 She glared at Hank as he stood by the front door ready to open it for the paper 's representatives , and tried not to scream while these gentlemen put on their boots again .
8 Panting with anticipation he stood by the nailed boards as the men inside opened the yard gate .
9 He stood by the large window , looking down on the lights of Leeds .
10 He brushed aside new-bursting buds that slapped at his face , until he stood by the rust-eaten iron gates , watching the hearse accelerate down the road .
11 He stood by the empty grate , resting an elbow on the mantelpiece , so as almost to prod the Meissen shepherds and shepherdesses .
  Next page