Example sentences of "[pers pn] stand at the [noun sg] and " in BNC.

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1 Behold , I stand at the door and knock : if any man hear my voice , and open the door , I will come in to him Revelation 3 : 20
2 All Church assemblies should perhaps have the motto , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ inscribed above the door to remind them that the Church exists for outsiders not insiders .
3 ‘ One can not say to the Zanaki people along the shores of the sprawling Lake Victoria , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ ( Rev. 3:20 ) .
4 Accordingly , in the Zanaki translation it is necessary to say , ‘ Behold , I stand at the door and call ’ ’ ( Nida 1952:46 ) .
5 I stand at the bottom and watch him .
6 I stood at the door and looked up , but the windows were dark ; she had gone to bed .
7 I stood at the window and looked down into the street .
8 In the city , I stood at the window and identified the cars as they breezed by .
9 She stood at the door and stared .
10 Picking Gwen Bear up from the bed , and hugging the soft toy to her for comfort , she stood at the window and stared out at the cloudy night sky .
11 ‘ I have started a review of our performance in all kinds of areas when there can be an impact on the environment to build up an objective picture of where we stand at the present and where improvement can be made .
12 He stood at the urinal and peed fiercely at the white ceramic wall , streaked with rusty tear-stains from the corroding pipes .
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