Example sentences of "[pers pn] stood in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood in a short sling and laybacked over the bulge on a jammed stone into a smooth scoop . |
| 2 | I stood in a white wilderness , and perceived that to gather wood for burning in such conditions was not easy . |
| 3 | I stood in the slanting sunlight , warm and yellow around me , the stench of burning flesh and grass on the wind , the smoke rising into the air from burrows and cadavers , grey and black , the sweet smell of leaking unburned petrol coming from the Flame-thrower where I 'd left it , and I breathed deeply . |
| 4 | I pulled up in a gateway , Sam jumped out and we went through into a field ; and as the beagle scampered over the glittering turf I stood in the warm sunshine amid the melting frost and looked back at the dark damp blanket which blotted out the low country but left this jewelled world above it . |
| 5 | I stood in the little clearing round the ruined walls . |
| 6 | After that she stood in a hazy dream , listening to the words that made them husband and wife . |
| 7 | She stood in a dark stifling cell , the woman mumbling by her side . |
| 8 | A dream in which she stood in a glorious , sweet-scented , flower-filled garden watching a tall , golden-haired man playing with beautiful blonde , blue-eyed children , all miniature replicas of himself . |
| 9 | It was as if she stood in a noisy limbo ; all the yesterdays had gone as if they had never been and all the tomorrows were no more than a tantalising promise . |
| 10 | She stood in a large yard with a glass of white wine in her hand and it spilt down the front of her red dress when she jumped at the banging noise of a firework . |
| 11 | As she stood in the dark chapel , listening to the priest 's murmured prayers , the empty , depressed feeling intensified . |
| 12 | She stood in the small sitting-room and ran her finger along the top of a sideboard , drawing a line in the dust that had accumulated . |
| 13 | She stood in the hazy light cast by the bulb in the ceiling , looking uncomfortable and angry , as she phoned Eddy Russell of the Drugs Squad with the information about Della Torre and the lorry due to arrive at Dover the next day . |
| 14 | Emily sighed as she stood in the shabby kitchen . |
| 15 | Something about the way she stood in the large unwieldy garment gave Benny courage . |
| 16 | She stood in the little porch with Binkie in her arms , her chin resting on his head ; they both gazed at Melissa with calm , unblinking eyes . |
| 17 | She stood in the open door , fists up on either side of her head , banging it , banging it hard , and wailing , " No , no , no , oh no … |
| 18 | We stood in the hot sandy bucket of the street , watching First Avenue 's wall of death . |
| 19 | ‘ Come in a moment , ’ she said , and we stood in the darkened hall . |
| 20 | A six inch deep channel of water still flowed over their wader clad feet as they stood in a rough circle looking down at something in the mud . |
| 21 | They stood in a small circle and looked up at him , Dr. Howarth , Clifford Bradley , Miss Foley , Mrs. Bidwell . |
| 22 | At least 13 protesters were killed , most of them run over by tanks as they stood in a human cordon trying to defend the building , and 230 were injured ; a soldier also died , shot by one of his own men . |
| 23 | The defending Englishmen were clustered in groups of three at intervals around thirty yards apart , strung out along the stockade itself and its command lookouts ; in the stream that passed through the settlement , and bounded the headland where Belmont 's Great House now commanded the rise , they stood in a double row to bar access to the settlement by that approach ; in the mangroves at the mouth of the stream two young sentries kept watch , though the prevailing easterly breeze rendered it unlikely , the English commanders decided , that the islanders ' attack would come from the sea on that shore . |
| 24 | They stood in a tight bunch and craned their necks to see what was causing the commotion . |
| 25 | The Latin papa , or Greek pappas , ‘ Daddy ’ , was used by early Christians of a bishop to whom they stood in a filial relation . |
| 26 | They stood in the single child 's bedroom and Molly joined in a short , silent tribute to the Ketterings ' marriage , whilst some large , blundering insect bumped against a window that had been long dosed . |
| 27 | Originally it stood in a small church in Via San Pietrò which has long since disappeared , and was christened the ‘ Man of Stone ’ when it was repositioned . |
| 28 | She returned to the present , replaced the cleaned pail , the soap , the brush and the swab beside the pump in the lean-to outhouse at the back — it stood in a small soot-encrusted yard where a few fearless London sparrows frequently gathered — and returned to the house to clean the surgery . |
| 29 | It stood in a little square with dying trees around it . |
| 30 | He stood in a familiar , flamboyant posture with his hands on his hips and his chin stuck out , constantly turning his head from left to right and back again , to take in his entire audience . |