Example sentences of "[adv] to stand [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One has only to stand on the bridge over the Trannon at Trefeglwys and look upstream to see the stable narrow river coursing elegantly between its magnificent borders of ash and sycamore , and compare this with the immediate downstream reach , which wanders amidst a waste of gravel . |
| 2 | I rose , bid him good evening , and went outside to stand in the road and enjoy the scents of darkness and the sight of the moon . |
| 3 | Secondly the allowance for inflation was based on a three per cent price increase and because of the very competitive nature of the prices we receive for maintenance work a sum of two hundred and seventy thousand pounds can be carried forward into next year from this allowance , in other words the real purchasing power of the budget have been maintained and two hundred and seventy thousand pounds can be put aside to stand in the future . |
| 4 | After the South African War , he tried unsuccessfully to stand for the South African parliament before returning home to marry Lady Mary Douglas Hamilton . |
| 5 | Finally deciding it was not only pointless , but spineless as well to stand at the door waiting for a man who would n't come , she went up to bed , and surprisingly she fell asleep almost at once , only to be woken some hours later by a violent storm . |
| 6 | This gives it a passing resemblance to a crab , with which it shares an inability to raise itself significantly above any flat surface on which it finds itself , giving the lie to that universally popular , but inaccurate , graffito , ‘ Please to stand upon the seat , the crabs in here can jump six feet ’ . |
| 7 | There is a great difference between , on the one hand , voting Labour in a constituency which spread beyond the boundaries of the colliery village , and , on the other hand , being seen to organize a local Labour party or even to stand against the colliery manager and the old elite . |
| 8 | It meant that they had almost to stand on the air , flapping furiously , and then drop the last few inches . |
| 9 | So that 's that 's the way to use that is not to talk to it but to have a silence while you 're writing er and then to stand at the side while you making the points that are that are associated with what you 've written up . |