Example sentences of "[pers pn] stood in the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I stood in the centre circle and waved my blue-and-white scarf .
2 She stood in the projection room watching him welcome the punters .
3 She stood in the kitchen doorway .
4 She stood in the living room doorway and frowned at him .
5 I remember thinking as we stood in the baggage hall , this is a bit like the rest of life .
6 We were n't hurting anyone or upsetting anyone , it was n't as if we stood in the corridor kissing and cuddling .
7 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 .
8 He stood in the ballroom entrance and acknowledged the applause with a small bow .
9 It seemed a shame that while he stood in the Chuckwagon queue he called his girlfriend ‘ Tray ’ .
10 There he stood in the college chapel , grizzled and weather-beaten by harsh Canadian winters .
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