Example sentences of "[noun prp] stand [prep] the [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Molly stood on the battlements of the terrace and kept a look-out . |
| 2 | Just as Adam stands between the forces of good and evil , so do we stand between the heroic action and qualities of Christ and the fallen Angel of Light , and just as man did in the beginning , we too , as humans , fall prey to the tempter at each individual reading of the epic . |
| 3 | The Robemaker stood over the remains of the boy and lifted his arms wide , so that the cloak fluttered and his arms resembled great black wings . |
| 4 | The clergy educated under the dispensation of Charlemagne stood at the elbows of his successors like Old Testament prophets advising them how to rule — from the Old Testament . |
| 5 | In a telling moment from the film , Beatty stands on the cliffs of Galway and says , ‘ This is the last parish before New York . ’ |
| 6 | But Rachel stood against the powers of myth and imagination . |