Example sentences of "[pers pn] stood by [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a while I stood by the shattered doorway , wondering what to do . |
| 2 | I stood by the open window and the dogs licked my hands as I listened . |
| 3 | She stood by the glittering bottles and looked at him expectantly . |
| 4 | I outlined what my message had been over the past two weeks and would be at the Party Conference — that we stood by the National Health Service and had no intention of moving over to a new system of finance . |
| 5 | As they stood by the covered courtyard Hennessy said , ‘ Remember , please , not a word to anybody . |
| 6 | The Tunisian government confirmed on Sept. 11 that , while it stood by the unanimous March 1990 Arab League decision to transfer the headquarters to Cairo [ see p. 37334 ] , the move to speed up the transfer " could hamper this body and prevent it from shouldering its responsibility " . |
| 7 | These dreadful ideas , horrors from the past now poised to darken the future , occurred to Ludens in a sudden timeless flash as he stood by the still open door of the flat , hearing Irina talking to Patrick in the kitchen . |
| 8 | She glared at Hank as he stood by the front door ready to open it for the paper 's representatives , and tried not to scream while these gentlemen put on their boots again . |
| 9 | Panting with anticipation he stood by the nailed boards as the men inside opened the yard gate . |
| 10 | He stood by the large window , looking down on the lights of Leeds . |
| 11 | He stood by the massive four-poster bed in the centre of the room , the ridged hardness of chest , abdomen and steely pectoral muscles a dark contrast above the waistband of the beige trousers . |
| 12 | He brushed aside new-bursting buds that slapped at his face , until he stood by the rust-eaten iron gates , watching the hearse accelerate down the road . |
| 13 | He stood by the empty grate , resting an elbow on the mantelpiece , so as almost to prod the Meissen shepherds and shepherdesses . |