Example sentences of "[pron] stood there in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stood there in a full , swirling coat of silver-grey silk . |
| 2 | She stood there in the hot road in front of the prison door , and waited . |
| 3 | Her short blonde hair whipping round her face in the breeze , Ronni turned back to fix her eyes on the jetty , which was drawing ever closer as Jeff 's motor boat approached it , and focused with growing interest on the imposing tall , dark figure who stood there in the bright Sardinian sunshine . |
| 4 | They stood there in a frightened cluster . |
| 5 | He stood there in the crowded classroom , half listening to Mrs Willmot , and thought of the inexorable process going on all round him — the lives whose courses were being decided at this moment , behind the innocent-seeming chatter , the smiles , the faintly carnival atmosphere of families having a day out . |
| 6 | He stood there in the empty room a moment , frowning , hearing only the laughter from the terrace outside . |