Example sentences of "stand at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | DENIS Winston Healey is having a certain amount of characteristically mischievous fun with journalists at the moment , on the question of whether he will or will not stand at the next election . |
| 2 | We used to walk in and stand at the foot of one of the giant cranes . |
| 3 | However , once the patient can stand and balance successfully , he can stand at the sink , and perhaps move sideways using the kitchen units for support , so the exercise also involves the physical work of balancing and transferring weight . |
| 4 | However , the easiest way to distinguish the two groups is that the walker/scrambler will stand at the bottom of a difficult and dangerous mountain looking for a safe and easy way up , and the climber/dangler will stand at the foot of a safe and easy mountain looking for a difficult and dangerous way up . |
| 5 | However , the easiest way to distinguish the two groups is that the walker/scrambler will stand at the bottom of a difficult and dangerous mountain looking for a safe and easy way up , and the climber/dangler will stand at the foot of a safe and easy mountain looking for a difficult and dangerous way up . |
| 6 | The happy landowner can then stand at the window smoking a pipe and wave cheerily at the unwelcome hill-walkers , secure in the knowledge that in a few minutes they will be heading back to the car , steam gently rising from them as they blink in distress from behind grisly face-masks of dung . |
| 7 | Nick is the man with the baseball glove who can stand at the end of the practice range and catch his master 's ball no matter whether it has been struck with a sand-iron or a driver . |
| 8 | I would stand at the street door and wait until his tall , burly figure appeared , still plodding along with that measured tread acquired from years on the beat . |
| 9 | Mrs Tiller suddenly pulled me out and made me stand at the side . |
| 10 | ‘ Alas that a child of barely eleven summers must stand at the king 's elbow to remind him of his duty ! ’ lamented Elizabeth Woodville . |
| 11 | Anca Petrescu 's model was of a palace which would stand at the heart of a new city . |
| 12 | He argued that the public did not stand at the box-office window and demand dramas with happy endings or which mixed pathos and humour , nor did it demand comedy made up of ‘ slapstick ’ , ‘ gags ’ with ‘ three or so dashes of serious situation and a bit of irony to top off ’ . |
| 13 | I can stand at the back . |
| 14 | In the hall she would put on her hat and , lulling all suspicions of decay and its mortifications to rest in the conviction of her own economical and resourceful genius , with Gigi on her shoulder , she would stand at the head of the basement staircase screaming ( Gigi would scream too ) for Silly-Willie and Brigid to come and take her instructions and give their assistance while she created some nauseating delicacy for Dada 's dinner . |
| 15 | Look , if you must do something you can stand at the kitchen door and shout . |
| 16 | When he was expected home , Alice would stand at the top of the area steps watching for him . |
| 17 | However , she knew that she could n't stand at the window indefinitely , so she left it to complete the task she had on hand . |
| 18 | Through each performance he would stand at the rear of the audience , his arms crossed and his head sunk down into his body as he peered intently at the stage . |
| 19 | You ca n't stand at the front door and say no you ca n't come in at all apart from its being completely irrational erm the point would be that , because I have an obligation to carry out this work , I have a right to the means to fulfil that obligation . |
| 20 | so she can stand at the basin . |
| 21 | It 's my party cos I 'm gon na stand at the door and everybody has to give me a big french kiss when they come in the door ! |