Example sentences of "[pers pn] stood [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not a desirable place to paint pictures in , inside the Cuiraing : the silence and the grandeur awes you ; and the sheep above where we stood had an uncomfortable habit of loosening with their feet stones that came with an ominous crash near to us , and some shepherd lads , much less excusable , thought it good fun to threaten to , and likewise to perform , throwing stones near us . |
| 2 | They stood talking a long time at the crossroads before separating but he did n't offer to see her over the weekend . |
| 3 | Nevertheless he stood watching the frail figure mount the broad staircase , her shadow moving past the portraits of her ancestors on the wall . |
| 4 | As he stood facing the dirty water , she wanked him off . |
| 5 | He had told his wife that morning over breakfast in their bungalow on the edge of Barashevo and within faint sight of the outer wooden fence of Zone I , that he stood to gain a great prize … not tomorrow , not next week , but he had time , he had months of time to break this bastard . |