Example sentences of "[art] [noun] and stand [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hundreds of eyes stared fixedly as the laird stepped out onto the gravel and stood for a moment with his chin jutting and his mouth pulled down , like a general reviewing his troops . |
| 2 | Then he would go to his study and attend to his own writing , characteristically composing straight onto the typewriter and standing at a kind of lectern . |
| 3 | She shut the window and stood for a moment , her hands still on the bottom bar of the sash , arrested by a sudden thought . |
| 4 | On the whole the ‘ kinship defenders ’ defend the biological parents and their value to the child , and the ‘ society-as-parent ’ school supports the psychological parents — those who have given most care and attention to the child and stand in a close , loving relationship to him [ or her ] . |
| 5 | He straightened up , came to the front of the shop and stood for a moment looking out impassively . |
| 6 | It has always been I who have calmed her , though sometimes the Sweeper has come in the evening and stood for a while at her cage and she has calmed in his good presence . |
| 7 | She moved to the stairs and stood for a moment in the silence of the hallway , the candle flickering in her hand . |
| 8 | He got out but before going to knock at the door , crossed the road and stood for a moment contemplating Ivy Cottage . |
| 9 | The farmer got out of his car to open the gate and stood for a moment at the bend in the road . |
| 10 | I kept on down to the river and stood for a while to watch the coal-barges slide along the black , shiny water . |
| 11 | They were both good dancers and gradually the other couples drifted off the floor and stood in a circle watching them . |
| 12 | She put down the receiver and stood for a moment with her hand resting on it , her head bowed and her thoughts in turmoil . |
| 13 | At times my sleepy little daughter was brought down from the nursery and stood on a stool while John draped pieces of material on her and showed me how he wanted the costume move and flow , and so help to illustrate what he wanted to express and convey to an audience . |
| 14 | They saw the man come in from the street and stand for a moment adjusting to the darkness . |
| 15 | But she could sense when he was getting her ready for a match and stood like a statue , even dropping her head for him to clip her mane . |