Example sentences of "[coord] stand [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Fans demand the right to sit or stand in a safe ground . ’ |
| 2 | Nowadays methods vary from teacher to teacher , but in a typical lesson the pupil is likely to find himself lying , sitting or standing on a hard table while his teacher , using hands and voice , gently guides his head and gets him to release his neck and shoulders . |
| 3 | In any dodgy situation , whether you are walking down a lonely street or standing in a crowded bar where an argument is brewing , make sure that you are aware of possible escape routes . |
| 4 | 3 If you need to be sitting or standing in a particular way , sort this out . |
| 5 | This is the kind of dreamy Hollywood fantasy I like to float in when I 'm lying flat on my back under some dirty platform desperately trying to tack a loose wire or stubborn piece of baize into position — or standing in a wet field trying to work out exactly how the VIPs will swim through the mud from the helicopter to the marquee . |
| 6 | His best work has a direct simplicity , benefits from its autobiographical inspiration , and stands as a worthy memorial to all those who died in the Spanish civil war . |
| 7 | The Carnaud Metal Box plant in Wennington Road on the edge of the town was built only six years ago and stands in a landscaped site of some four acres . |
| 8 | They yield 6.2 p.c. and stand on a historic multiple of 12½ . |
| 9 | On the whole the ‘ kinship defenders ’ defend the biological parents and their value to the child , and the ‘ society-as-parent ’ school supports the psychological parents — those who have given most care and attention to the child and stand in a close , loving relationship to him [ or her ] . |
| 10 | She would have reacted in exactly the same way if she had been stone-cold sober and standing in a bare room under a fluorescent light . |
| 11 | In 1880 he had had a political fling and stood as a Liberal candidate for the City of London in favour of disestablishment , temperance legislation , social and political reform . |
| 12 | He was Hampshire 's coach in 1939 and stood as a first-class umpire in 1949 , the year before his death . |
| 13 | Charles collapsed like a glove puppet with the hand withdrawn , and stood for a long moment , sagging . |
| 14 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
| 15 | She had risen from her deep curtsey , and stood for a long moment gazing steadily into his face . |
| 16 | She went up to her room , put the Diary in her drawer and stood for a long time , breathing on the window and drawing faces . |
| 17 | She walked one last time down the rickety boardwalk in front of the cabins , and stood for a long time looking down at the sleeping lodge , the moody lake beyond it . |
| 18 | The threw back the bedclothes , shed her clinging nightgown and stood under a cool shower until she began to come alive . |
| 19 | Severed eyes are best potted individually in good clean garden soil and stood in a shallow bowl of water with their growing points submerged . |
| 20 | They came and stood in a little group , disciplined and obedient . |
| 21 | The piglets slowed their headlong gallop to a trot , then , as though controlled by telepathy , they all stopped at once and stood in a pink group in one corner , |
| 22 | He dropped his hands to his sides and stood like a little dog , found out , and admitting : ‘ Yes , I know I have a silly sort of fancy for Lal . |
| 23 | He walked into Lipton 's and stood behind a fat woman who immediately said , ‘ Ee are , Chris , serve this chap . |