Example sentences of "[pers pn] stand [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stand upon the privileges of the House and my own integrity . ’ |
| 2 | I stand against the railings and remain in one place to avoid the crap , and look upwards . |
| 3 | I think it might help if I stand near the drawings . |
| 4 | Erm , I find myself agreeing with what Mr Courcier said , er , about Hambledon , I do n't think it realistic to expect existing settleme , villages within the area of search to form a nucleus for a new settlement , they 're simply too small and would be swamped by any development , and also the er I stand by the statements made yesterday about the environmental quality of the settlements , about there form , settings , and characters , and I really do n't think that they could form the nucleus of a new settlement . |
| 5 | You only got one shot — this was live television — and I stood in the wings , rigid with fear , listening to my heart booming . |
| 6 | But two evenings later , as I stood in the wings about to go on , she came off stage and , separating from the others , clutching my arm , she whispered , ‘ Lily , Lily , dearest — the worst , it is all the worst — ’ Her eyes , against the wet white , the rouge , were large , frightened . |
| 7 | I had a vision thus prospectively of these birds as I stood in the swamps . |
| 8 | She stood outside the lifts in the hospital 's main entrance with other visitors . |
| 9 | She stood between the cops and Rubberneck . |
| 10 | She stood at the altar-steps , uncertain what to do as she watched her daughter try to put her arms round her priestly uncle , prattling all the while in infant Italian . |
| 11 | In a kind of distracted daze , she stood on the sidelines as the police arrived and started asking questions . |
| 12 | She stood on the steps of the court , and told the crowd gathered there that the parents had been told they would have to wait to hear whether the Place of Safety orders had been confirmed , or whether their children would be returning home . |
| 13 | She stood on the stairs by the open window , waiting for the next stroke of the bell , waiting in fact for this sign of Ernest 's madness . |
| 14 | Her palms were sweating as she stood in the wings in her best green dress waiting for them to come off so that she could get on . |
| 15 | This , of course , delighted the child and every night she stood in the wings performing everybody 's act with them , and even at the end of two shows , she was as bright in the dressing room as she 'd been at the overture . |
| 16 | As she stood in the wings , she whispered to her daughter Carol , ‘ What am I doing here ? ’ |
| 17 | She was a good waitress , but when she stood by the tables , the men looked round her to see Aileen . |
| 18 | But Sunday Express editor Eve Pollard — known to TV viewers as a regular panellist on David Frost 's Through The Keyhole game show — hit back : ‘ We stand by the quotes attributed to the Princess Royal . ’ |
| 19 | We stood outside the boys ’ loo , Mum and me . |
| 20 | We stood beneath the trees — and heard our first chiffchaff of the year : ‘ Chiff-chaff-chiff-chaff-chiff- chiff -chaff . ‘ |
| 21 | We stood in the shadows and waited patiently . |
| 22 | Ideas , according to Berkeley , are particulars whose significance is explained by saying that they stand for the things they represent . |
| 23 | It would obviously be the worst of craftsmanship to score the first four bars as they stand for the violins and viola and at the fifth bar to weaken one of the parts by division . |
| 24 | They stand on the coaches ? |
| 25 | Does anyone , when they stand on the scales |
| 26 | Teesside Chamber of Commerce asked the three main political parties in the marginal seat of Darlington where they stand on the issues facing industry . |
| 27 | IF DODGE City and Tombstone had to wait for movie star-type heroes to save them from the outlaws who were over-running the communities , would they stand by the lawmen if it looked like the bad guys were n't going to stay beat ? |
| 28 | I must have just left her standing on the steps . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm going for a walk , ’ Roman said abruptly as they left the dining-room , and without waiting for a reply he left her standing by the lifts . |
| 30 | They stood on the banks and looked across at the blanket of fog coming from the river . |