Example sentences of "[adv] he stood [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't cry , he could n't feel ; he did n't know how long he stood outside the door , leaning against the greasy wall . |
| 2 | Outside he stood on the steps for a minute , surveying his city and sniffing the morning air . |
| 3 | Whenever he stood at the turn of the great stairs , with the entrance-hall and main door at his back , he knew he was facing the very worst the house could offer . |
| 4 | Now he stood near the door with his hands clasping each other behind his back and his scalp itching furiously in the heat . |
| 5 | Mr Hyde hesitated for a moment , then he stood under the street light and the lawyer saw his face . |
| 6 | There he stood in the college chapel , grizzled and weather-beaten by harsh Canadian winters . |
| 7 | She tells him about her father — about how he stood on the cliffs in a flapping raincoat when she was a child and sang the whole of ‘ O Thou that tellest Good Tidings to Zion ’ over the roar of the wind and surf , and about how later she could not speak to him without irritation in spite of her love for him . |
| 8 | I asked him what it felt like when he stood in the Richmond Building Foyer . |
| 9 | As the familiar words passed through her memory again Louisa was gazing at Edwin Frere where he stood on the ice , warming his hands on the glass of mulled wine , smiling in chatter with Tom Horrocks . |
| 10 | My hon. Friend the Member for Dewsbury challenged the Minister to say where he stood on the criticism by the Environment Commissioner , Carlo Ripa di Meana . |
| 11 | The inspiration for the Blue Revue was Mr Kinnock 's discomfiture the previous evening on Granada Television 's World In Action , when he was asked where he stood on the question of proportional representation . |
| 12 | Donegal ; the other where he stood in the street . |