Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] stand [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In their studios the canvases stood on the floors , on the chairs and other pieces of furniture , or hung high on the walls . |
| 2 | After breakfast it is parade and the men stand in the lines while the warders , who are backed by the fire power of the guards , come with their lists to count and recount . |
| 3 | The women stood on the doorsteps with their rumps to the crowd , skirts lifted to flash tattered green knickers . |
| 4 | The boys stand behind the chairs with one boy behind a vacant one . |
| 5 | Meanwhile the boys stood on the pavements with their bicycles nearby , admiring the girls and commenting on their looks ; greetings to friends rang out on all sides . |
| 6 | Mandeville ordered the soldiers to stand round the walls , taking their torches which spluttered bravely against the darkness . |
| 7 | No mill-oxen dragged by : no cattle stood in the marshes or sheep , lately shorn , walked with their lambs on the hills . |