Example sentences of "[vb past] to stand [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Viewers saw him explode with fury at militiamen who tried to stand in the way of aid convoys , and shake with emotion at the tragic plight of victims of ethnic cleansing . |
| 2 | The man moved to stand at the top of the stairs , barring their way , and then he recognized the young man . |
| 3 | Penry Vaughan ducked his tall head through the doorway and moved to stand at the foot of the bed in the shadows beyond the arc of light from the small lamp . |
| 4 | She did not want to look at him , and crossed to stand before the mantel over the fireplace , gazing down into the empty grate . |
| 5 | When the shower finally ran cold , he continued to stand under the jets for a while , then stepped out and put a towel round his waist and another over his shoulders . |
| 6 | She continued to stand at the edge of the plateau . |
| 7 | Staffing ratios were generally better in grammar schools than elsewhere , and even the Burnham system favoured ( as it was meant to do ) schools with a larger proportion of older pupils , especially if they were in those sixth forms which continued to stand at the peak of a meritocratic secondary system . |
| 8 | She continued to stand in the middle of the kitchen , ablaze . |
| 9 | Carlos Abadia , leader of the broad-based opposition movement National Civic Crusade ( NCC ) , claimed that it was well known that Ford wished to stand for the presidency in 1994 and that he wished to give up his ministerial post " to reduce the political pressure on him " . |
| 10 | The same thing always happened to him at school if he was brought out to the front of the hall for talking in assembly , or if he had to stand in the aisle with his hands on his head for not paying attention in class . |
| 11 | I had to stand in the middle of this studio , the floor strewn with these bones and meat , and play guitar . |
| 12 | Gazzer only had to stand in the middle of the towpath and wait as the man approached him . |
| 13 | One of the locals volunteered to stand on the end of the little harbour arm to con on out when there was a lull in the surf . |