Example sentences of "[conj] he stand at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Having been gently reminded by Lady Rutherford , ‘ We are all philanthropists here ; we do not need to put our hands up if we wish to speak ’ , William Morris completely forgot his shyness and at one stage became so carried away that he stood at the front of the room shaking hands with himself . |
2 | Alain came in as the doctor 's car left the house and he stood at the foot of the bed and regarded her sternly . |
3 | The fertile combination of theory and practice was his own , however , and he stood at the head of a great group of people working on the new phenomena of electricity . |
4 | As he rushed onwards it lengthened and curved , until he stood at the edge of a cold volcanic cauldron , looking down at the mountain 's secret , a still , dark lake which gleamed green at the foot of the crags . |
5 | She could tell this by looking at his back as he stood at the bar ordering more drinks . |
6 | Not yesterday , Peter thought grimly , as he stood at the kitchen table laying the tea tray with his mother 's china ; but certainly last week or the week before . |
7 | ‘ Did you call the police ? ’ he asked , as he stood at the kitchen door watching her brew Darjeeling . |
8 | Lee watched Gabriel as he stood at the window facing out . |
9 | Evans got his blow in first as he stood at the door , ushered them into a large office overlooking the Kaiserstrasse . |
10 | As he stood at the door trying to persuade her of the importance of other more pressing political issues , one of her cats shot out of the door , into the road and under the wheels of a passing lorry . |
11 | In light of this , he expected no reward but this day he knew he had received one as he stood at the door of a ward of children on whom he had operated , now sleeping peacefully and painlessly . |
12 | In the first as he stood at the mouth of the cave , a typhoon burst on the mountainside , bringing rocks crashing down . |