Example sentences of "[noun pl] stand [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly after entering , the adventurers find themselves faced by the Ghosts of three Elves standing before the doors to the south . |
| 2 | A few cane chairs with bright cushions stood near the windows , whose heavy drapes matched the carpeting . |
| 3 | Underneath that I have another article to which was kicked out sometime later but I have it in here , it says , raid on Gdynia would surprise to Nazis to say refugees in Sweden tell how the non Germans cheered in the streets but the two refugees eye witnesses to the American Bombing Attack on Gdynia , October ninth , reported here that the raid caught the Germans by surprise and that non German workers stood in the streets and cheered amid terrific destruction . |
| 4 | Latecomers stood in the entrances , looking forlorn . |
| 5 | The lead statues of the four patron saints of the British Isles stand on the corners of the roof balustrade . |
| 6 | There are two huge grandfather clocks standing against the walls , and several carriage clocks with Bretonnian giltwork on tables about the place . |
| 7 | No mill-oxen dragged by : no cattle stood in the marshes or sheep , lately shorn , walked with their lambs on the hills . |
| 8 | Some large investors stood on the sidelines , happy to have moved money out of UK companies earlier in the year to overseas markets . |
| 9 | Coloured glasses stood on the shelves . |
| 10 | Pigs stood for the figures that lounge in the shaded wood of Manet 's Dejeuner sur l'Herbe and Whistler 's mother was transformed into a black cow . |
| 11 | Pigs stood for the figures that lounge in the shaded wood of Manet 's Dejeuner sur l'Herbe and Whistler 's mother was transformed into a black cow . |
| 12 | The women also called on church leaders to stand by the tenets of truth and justice , and be willing to accept criticism of their own policies . |
| 13 | Roman blinds would suit a squarish bay and could be teamed with a pair of full-length draw curtains fitted across the flat wall in front of the bay , or with dress curtains standing at the sides of the bay . |
| 14 | After breakfast it is parade and the men stand in the lines while the warders , who are backed by the fire power of the guards , come with their lists to count and recount . |
| 15 | Do n't let children stand on the sides of a trolley . |
| 16 | There were even police standing in the wings ready to cart everybody off to the nearest station should the forbidden line be recited . |
| 17 | Spectators standing on the balconies joined in , filling the air with stones . |
| 18 | Half-expecting it to be the milkman , she was mildly irritated to see two young men standing on the steps outside . |
| 19 | Fat women and bald-headed men standing in the doorways of tiny shops make jokes to him which he ca n't quite understand , and shout ribaldries to each other about him clapping him on the shoulder to indicate they 're not serious , and cutting slices of cheese and sausage for him to try . |
| 20 | Mandeville ordered the soldiers to stand round the walls , taking their torches which spluttered bravely against the darkness . |
| 21 | The boys stand behind the chairs with one boy behind a vacant one . |
| 22 | On the upper slopes the peonies shared their ground with fireweed and there were tall purple-headed thistles standing among the irises . |
| 23 | Women stood at the corners of buildings , dressed in wide , bright dresses and adorned with garish make-up . |
| 24 | The women stood on the doorsteps with their rumps to the crowd , skirts lifted to flash tattered green knickers . |
| 25 | Meanwhile the boys stood on the pavements with their bicycles nearby , admiring the girls and commenting on their looks ; greetings to friends rang out on all sides . |
| 26 | In their studios the canvases stood on the floors , on the chairs and other pieces of furniture , or hung high on the walls . |
| 27 | Note that several churches stand on the perimeters of more than one circle and that a further circle has been drawn , centred on Gresford church , connecting the circle centres with two churches . |
| 28 | In the centre of the tiny harbour lay a sleek white pleasure yacht with , as I could see , one or two white officers in peaked caps and white shorts and shirts standing on the decks . |