Example sentences of "[pers pn] stand in a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I stand in a five-pointed star position in the middle of the room while the doghandler runs his hands along my limbs . |
2 | I stand in a light mist of rain . |
3 | ‘ I stand in a British book shop with my mouth agape . |
4 | ‘ If you stand in a real landscape and pick out with your eyes a path ahead , then walk the path and find it was a good route to have chosen , why , that is nothing mystical . |
5 | Whether you stand in a pristine lowland rainforest , beside a road or in an urban park , any casual glance towards the earth will quickly pick out ants , from a few to many individuals — and often from several species . |
6 | The remarks probably refer to illness , but they stand in a metaphoric sense for the condition that Renaissance women usually confronted . |