Example sentences of "[vb past] to stand [prep] the [noun] of " 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 continued to stand at the edge of the plateau . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She continued to stand in the middle of the kitchen , ablaze . |
| 7 | I had to stand in the middle of this studio , the floor strewn with these bones and meat , and play guitar . |
| 8 | Gazzer only had to stand in the middle of the towpath and wait as the man approached him . |
| 9 | 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 . |