Example sentences of "[pers pn] stood [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of my final year I stood as a sabbatical officer for the Union . |
| 2 | I would send it swooping over and under hers , or dive it down to the sands while I stood on a dune cliff , pulling the kite down to nick tall towers of sand I 'd built , then pulling up again , the kite trailing a spray of sand through the air from the collapsing tower . |
| 3 | If I stood on a street corner somewhere , someone could slip me a small packet in exchange for a fiver and in a few hours I 'd be slumped on the floor of a public toilet : a Drug Statistic . |
| 4 | As a small boy , growing up in Liverpool , I stood at the Pier Head and marvelled at the huge Atlantic liners berthed at the world 's largest floating landing-stage . |
| 5 | ‘ I stood in the centre circle and waved my blue-and-white scarf . |
| 6 | Her face as she stood outside the register office , with that big municipal clock behind her , ticking off those first glistening moments of nuptial bliss . |
| 7 | She stood at the drying frame with her box of pegs and her tub of washing . |
| 8 | It must , thought Fenella , snatching the spell off the wall and holding it between her hands as she stood at the silver door , waiting for an indication that the Robemaker had gone . |
| 9 | She stood in the projection room watching him welcome the punters . |
| 10 | She stood in the kitchen doorway . |
| 11 | She stood in the living room doorway and frowned at him . |
| 12 | She stood against the glass partition by the double-leaved doors with the violin and the suitcase wedged behind her calves . |
| 13 | We stood on the cliff top to welcome them , swallows and house martins , meadow pipits and skylarks . |
| 14 | One particular Easter , a beautiful day , I remember an overwhelming fear filling me with absolute terror as we stood outside the ticket office after returning from a journey . |
| 15 | tried to call you both saturday nite and a couple of times on sunday — but no answer … the spurs game was just OK — but we had a great time at the newcastle game vs. scousers — great atmosphere — we stood among the newcastle supporters ( north bank ? ) and they made hell each time cole put it behind grobbelar … |
| 16 | I remember thinking as we stood in the baggage hall , this is a bit like the rest of life . |
| 17 | We were n't hurting anyone or upsetting anyone , it was n't as if we stood in the corridor kissing and cuddling . |
| 18 | They stood amid the station crowds , arguing . |
| 19 | They stood on a tin dais enamelled red . |
| 20 | They stood on the observation point to the right of the path . |
| 21 | They stood on the porch steps and eagerly drank in the invigorating cold air . |
| 22 | Just four weeks ago , as they stood at the dockyard gate he had said , ‘ Ta-ra well , girl . ’ |
| 23 | They stood under a cedar tree . |
| 24 | They stood under the willow trees , looking at the river . |
| 25 | Now they stood beside the adamantium hatch . |
| 26 | THEY stood in the chill wind in Dryfesdale cemetery — Lockerbie people , relatives of the victims of PanAm flight 103 , and a scattering of dignitaries — to dedicate a garden of remembrance for the 270 victims of Britain 's worst air disaster . |
| 27 | They stood before the dressing table for a while , looking at it and discussing it , apparently , but eventually just turned it round so that it faced the wrong way , rather than turn it upside down . |
| 28 | It stood on the dressing table , among silver-topped bottles . |
| 29 | Late in 1949 , it was decided that Thornton Heath depôt with its narrow entrance and awkward shape , would be quite unsuitable to convert as it stood to a bus garage . |
| 30 | It stood at the north end of Duke Street , flanked by the park on its north and west sides , and was designed by Soane in 1829 . |