Example sentences of "[noun prp] stood [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manley stood for social justice despite the failure of his earlier administration in the 1970s which was derailed by powerful domestic and US opposition . |
| 2 | The Mercury article is a fiction inspired by the erroneous belief that the Eleanor Cross stood at this position . |
| 3 | Fand and Liban stood at either side of the door , more stiff and still than ever . |
| 4 | Thomas Sachs stood to one side of her , his blue eyes bright beneath the shock of white , swept-back hair . |
| 5 | He forced open his windows and looked out over the courtyard , over the town to where what he now knew as Skiddaw stood in dusky largeness , a prehistoric beast couchant . |
| 6 | Delaney stood with one foot on the hull of the craft that looked as if it owed more to space technology than to marine engineering . |
| 7 | The observer loves knowledge for its own sake , but Jesus stood against this attitude . |
| 8 | Carlo and McGowan stood on either side of the embalmer , he might 've been in custody . |
| 9 | Miles stood at one prow , Okawi at another . |
| 10 | Dusting his hands , Peter stood with one foot on the parapet of the wall , which was about ten inches wide , made of long flat slabs of stone . |
| 11 | Zacco stood on high ground , his hat pulled off , his hair blown free of his sable-lined cloak . |
| 12 | Anne stood in stunned silence as tears filled Maureen 's eyes and she dashed them away . |
| 13 | It was just coming up to three o'clock when the taxi dropped them off in the old town square and Ven guided her to the old town hall where , with barely a minute to go before the run-through of the astronomical clock , Fabia stood in rapt attention . |
| 14 | Miss Honey stood at one side of the room . |
| 15 | Liam Murphy stood at one side of the grave with a tiny white casket in his arms , and on the other side , Kevin O'Neil carried the same sad load . |