Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] stand [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she put them firmly into the category of ‘ workers ’ , rather than ‘ idlers ’ , and therefore to be praised , they were not quite on a par with the Welsh factory workers , or designers ; nonetheless they stood on a higher plane than accountants , clerks or corporate planners . |
| 2 | Five minutes later they stood on the grassy bank looking down at the brown water . |
| 3 | He was wounded at the siege of Leith in 1560 and nine years later he stood against the northern rising , subsequently advising on the defence of the northern border . |
| 4 | Most often she stands with the left foot forward ( a borrowing no doubt from the kouros , but it is not like his a full stride , rather so short a step as to seem like a dance-motion ) , left hand pulling the skirt to the side and letting a swag hang free , right forearm raised forward with an offering . |
| 5 | Now he stands in the small parking lot at the back of the hospital , bargaining with God . |
| 6 | Originally it stood in a small church in Via San Pietrò which has long since disappeared , and was christened the ‘ Man of Stone ’ when it was repositioned . |
| 7 | Only the spire of the church could be saved , and today it stands as a stark reminder of that devastating night in August 1989 . |
| 8 | Rather it stands as a nasty addition this winter to the equation which leads to accidents year in , year out . |
| 9 | There she stood for a long time , gazing out to sea , her heart full of sadness and her eyes full of tears . |
| 10 | There we stood on the perilous slope . |
| 11 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
| 12 | They have to handle quite parochial comparisons without enjoying much sense of how they stand in the national scene . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | There he stood before the official inquiry in his crisp , bemedalled marine uniform , his voice breaking with emotion as he lectured the assembled politicians on what was in the nation 's interests as if he himself had just invented patriotism . |
| 15 | So there he stood in the Dirty Duck , opposite Shakespeare 's Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon , 1951 , Prince of the heap . |
| 16 | You knew where you stood with the Cold War . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If you are to be awkward then my mother will not know where she stands for a good deal of time . ’ |
| 19 | Er , obviously on a more serious note , er it was very disappointing that we had such a severe er downturn in profitability last year after several years of steadily rising profits , and so what I want to do this morning was tell you a little bit about what happened in the last part of the year , since we met at the time of the interim results presentation last September , tell you the actions that have been taken and give you a little bit of insight as to where we stand at the present time . |
| 20 | There is also an element of nostalgia , too , amongst the original secondary modern teachers , in the sense that , ‘ the staff knew where they stood within a small school ’ , with ‘ a more traditional authority pattern ’ . |
| 21 | For him the high point of the ceremony was when he stood before the empty but impressive tomb of Cyrus the Great and addressed it grandiloquently in his flat , featureless voice . |