Example sentences of "[pers pn] stand [prep] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This done , I stood for a moment looking across at the broch islet . |
| 2 | I stood for a moment looking at the mattress on the bed where a knife had been used to open up the sides . |
| 3 | Most crystals are initially unreachable , but luckily there are several numbered blocks on each level which allow you to build a bridge across the void — if you stand on a block marked ‘ 4 ’ and move off the platform you create a block marked ‘ 3 ’ , the original turning into a standard unmarked jobbie . |
| 4 | It is intriguing to speculate , as you stand in a swamp listening to this astounding and deafening chorus , that , although much must have changed in the millions of years since the first amphibians appeared , it was , nonetheless , an amphibian voice that first sounded over the land which , until then , had heard nothing but the chirps and whirrs of insects . |
| 5 | She stood for a moment looking at them , and saw how their heads were tilted in the listening attitudes of forest creatures , how their ears were pricked , and how their eyes were bright and intelligent . |
| 6 | Dalgliesh waited until Meg had unlocked the front door and stepped inside before saying his final goodnight , and she stood for a moment watching his tall figure striding down the gravel path and into the darkness . |
| 7 | It was something that had never happened before and she stood for a moment trying to control the thoughts that raced through her head . |
| 8 | She stood for a moment staring round at the flickering shadows thrown by the lone candle , the fire had died long since and the room was cold and suddenly lonely . |
| 9 | Valerie Stevens had been in the house to get more coffee and as she stepped through the patio doors she stood for a moment staring at Rachel in horror , having only heard the last part of the conversation . |
| 10 | ‘ Are you searching for anything in particular ? ’ he asked as she stood by a cage containing some little creatures curled up fast asleep . |
| 11 | They stand for a moment locked by their feelings in an awkward embrace . |
| 12 | He took off his glasses and put his arms around her waist , and they stood for a while facing one another . |
| 13 | She does n't answer but keeps walking , me standing like a zombie watching the action . |
| 14 | And as Morse opened his passenger door , he stood for a while looking up at the Pole Star , and asking himself the question he had been asking for the past two hours : was there any way in which Downes could still have been the murderer after all ? |
| 15 | He stood for a while staring at them . |
| 16 | He stood for a minute looking up at it , Kate unspeaking at his side . |
| 17 | He stood for a moment listening to her standing still on the other side of the door , then heard her footsteps moving slowly away . |
| 18 | We were back in the bedroom then and he stood for a moment looking down at her . |
| 19 | He stood for a moment chewing his lip . |
| 20 | He stood for a moment admiring it . |
| 21 | He stood for a moment laughing at her as she cast furiously for the vanished rabbit , and walked on , to catch her up , along the raised embankment . |
| 22 | When he parked outside a row of shops , he stood for a moment examining the passing traffic . |
| 23 | On his way to mop up the bathroom he stood before a mirror admiring his Egyptian slimness of hip . |
| 24 | He stood like a man turned into a pillar of salt , his mouth open , his eyes distraught . |
| 25 | Outside on the footpath he stood like a stone reading the letter . |