Example sentences of "[noun pl] stand [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She drew comparisons between the present crisis concerning Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait and the experience of 1938 , declaring that " Czechoslovakia of all countries needs no reminding of the need for nations to stand up to bullies and do so at once " . |
| 2 | Live snakes stood in for ropes , constricting viciously . |
| 3 | After a muttered exchange through the bars , the captain ordered two of his officers to stand by with pistols drawn while he unfastened the padlocks . |
| 4 | Two practical problems stand out above others in precipitating the predictable management action . |
| 5 | Canals within the algae stand out as rods in this kind of preservation , which is common in Ordovician rocks . |
| 6 | At the recent JANE 'S ADDICTION gig at The Marquee , people were not so much holding onto their ears as trying to stop their eyeballs standing out on stalks , so plenteous were the glittering celebs out to cheer the visiting Americans on . |
| 7 | To her horror she came face to face with the two officers standing there with guns drawn . |
| 8 | All the farmers stood apart in groups , looking around . |
| 9 | Below the knees her calf muscles stood out like grapefruits inside her stockings . |
| 10 | Other teams stood by with bits of wood pressing , like battering rams , on the pedals . |
| 11 | All of this finally resulted in ’ Maus ’ , his book-length comic strip version of the Holocaust in which pigs stand in for Nazis and mice for Jews . |
| 12 | An example was John Wilkins ' ‘ real character ’ of 1668 , in which symbols stood not for words but for things . |
| 13 | His white cotton gloves stood out like beacons on the steering wheel . |
| 14 | Regular spraying with this soot solution kept leaf miners off chrysanthemums standing outside in pots . |
| 15 | The pale blue flowers stand out like jewels against dark , bare soil . |
| 16 | The dealers , exporters and wholesalers walking round inspecting the produce , discussing prices , negotiating ; the hangers-on standing about in groups smoking , chatting ; the market police and official inspectors strolling round seeing that all is in order . |
| 17 | Ill-dressed children stood around in groups , scowling at the intruders . |
| 18 | The curious children stood around like statues , stilled by the drama . |
| 19 | The notches and gnarls stood out like carvings on a pulpit , thrusting their beauty at him . |
| 20 | Herons stood incongruously on tops of trees in the large heronry — as if super-glued . |
| 21 | Their lyrics stand up as poems , good light verse in their own right . |