Example sentences of "[noun prp] stand [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Molly stood on the battlements of the terrace and kept a look-out . |
| 2 | Exultantly Richard stood above the rocks and looked down once more on the lower mountains around . |
| 3 | Caspar and Fenella stood in the Workshops , with the wood-store behind them , their skin shrivelling and flinching and every sense assaulted by what was before them . |
| 4 | Rory stood on the dunes , facing the sea . |
| 5 | Just as Adam stands between the forces of good and evil , so do we stand between the heroic action and qualities of Christ and the fallen Angel of Light , and just as man did in the beginning , we too , as humans , fall prey to the tempter at each individual reading of the epic . |
| 6 | The Robemaker stood over the remains of the boy and lifted his arms wide , so that the cloak fluttered and his arms resembled great black wings . |
| 7 | As they moved round , the pace quickening , out of the corner of her eye Rachel saw a little group clustered round the dodgems and Jimmy and Danny climbing into one of the cars , while on the grass below the carousel Sybil stood with the others watching and waving as they whirled past . |
| 8 | Brushing aside military and logistical arguments , the Communists claimed that this reflected the continuing influence of the ‘ Men of Munich ’ within the Government , men who wanted Britain to stand on the sidelines while Russia and Germany fought one another to a standstill . |
| 9 | As they reached the middle landing where Joan stood in the shadows , as if by tacit consent the men paused for a brief rest , placing lantern and sack-shrouded burden on the floor . |
| 10 | The clergy educated under the dispensation of Charlemagne stood at the elbows of his successors like Old Testament prophets advising them how to rule — from the Old Testament . |
| 11 | In a telling moment from the film , Beatty stands on the cliffs of Galway and says , ‘ This is the last parish before New York . ’ |
| 12 | But Rachel stood against the powers of myth and imagination . |
| 13 | Dada stood on the steps in the cold , shaking hands , saying something pleasant through clenched teeth . |