Example sentences of "[coord] stand [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they are the ones least likely to take a child to the playground , or stand alongside the mums outside school at home-time . |
| 2 | The fierce rivalries of teams and top competitors has masked the warmth of participating together in a team or standing on the terraces cheering on your side . |
| 3 | He 's got a , they 're all talking about me , he says they 're listening at the walls or standing in the clossies |
| 4 | Candidates must now set up personal machines manned by workers attracted to them by their individual qualities and stands on the issues with little or no reference to party loyalty . |
| 5 | Now it is a sport , and it is a skilled game you know , and I think women can play it just as well as men , or against men and you know , you can have your fans who are very strong for your women 's team tha just as much as the men , but yet , would they also be branded as hooligans because they go along and stand on the terraces and shout for the girls ? |
| 6 | We were told to halt and stand against the walls . |
| 7 | Workers ' control and workers ' wages for technicians , managers and bookkeepers would prevent the re-emergence of a privileged bureaucratic stratum — ‘ privileged persons detached from the masses and standing above the masses ’ ( p. 97 ) . |
| 8 | it was a yard at the back , but , I climbed out and stood on the sides |
| 9 | He pulled the heavy hall-door shut and stood on the steps . |
| 10 | He went out for a few moments and stood on the steps between the Greek pillars , looking in the direction of the Residency for any sign of movement . |
| 11 | The slight figure of a woman emerged from the hotel and stood on the steps leading down to the terrace , scanning the tables with anxious eyes and making agitated , jerky movements with her hands . |
| 12 | More men entered the hall by its main door , and several times someone came out beckoning and stood on the steps , issuing orders . |
| 13 | High bookcases lined the library walls and stood between the windows , each topped with a marble bust . |
| 14 | The driver , travelling at some eighty kilometres per hour , had little alternative but to stand on the brakes and swing the bus hard right . |
| 15 | Our job has always been to stand just between heaven and earth — to be neither pain nor joy , man nor woman , but to stand beyond the dualities which rule this world . |