Example sentences of "[coord] stand [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , while Corporal Weatherall and a growing force of commandos were on interminable training exercises , or standing by for operations that were cancelled before they got afloat , very few slipped the mesh of authority . |
| 2 | A great many people sat at the feet of the statues or stood about in groups near by . |
| 3 | In the afternoons he sometimes helped with games , or stood in for Bill Muggeridge in the gym , if Bill wanted to go home and check up on his wife ( which he quite often did ) . |
| 4 | Control said all that was just fine , and to stand by for instructions . |
| 5 | Here then is an act that combines humility and repentance and stands along with baptism and communion as heavily symbolic ceremonies which require simple elements to carry them out . |
| 6 | It should be noted before going any further that for a sample survey to be of any value at all the sampling procedure must be open to scrutiny and stand up to criticism . |
| 7 | And she 'd take him off to the second-hand bookstall which specialized in the politics of the left , or to attend a useful meeting , and stand around with banners . |
| 8 | In green ties , red epaulettes and blue cummerbunds we lined up ; Marius , who had been chosen as the star recruit , would lead the parade and stand out in front of us as we received our képis . |
| 9 | Similarly we asked the panel to rate the four party leaders , Thatcher , Kinnock , Steel , and Owen , on twelve more personal scales : being decisive , trustworthy , energetic , willing to listen , well informed , caring , a good leader of a team , tough , likeable , and standing up for Britain ‘ s interests against the European Community , the USA , and the USSR . |
| 10 | ‘ Cumbria , ’ Reynolds supplied , pushing open the glass swing door and standing aside for Diane . |
| 11 | She disarmed herself , putting her grenades and pistol down on to the floor , and standing directly in front of the spy hole , but some ten feet away . |
| 12 | We were making our way up a trackway towards the main gate of the manor when suddenly an old hag slipped out of the trees on one side of the path and stood squarely in front of Mandeville . |
| 13 | One side of my trousers was soaked with dew , and there were mud stains on my shoes ; my hair was short and stood up on end , and there was a leaf in my ear . |
| 14 | Savognia was exceptionally tall for an Italian and stood well above Ludovico . |
| 15 | She was not quite tall enough to reach things around the kitchen , but she kept a small box in the outhouse which she brought in and stood on in order to get whatever she wanted . |
| 16 | A large and robust man , he strode across the floor and stood firmly in front of Slatter . |
| 17 | He took his vorpal sword in hand : Longtime the manxome foe he sought So rested he by the Tumtum tree , And stood awhile in thought . |
| 18 | She clomped down the steps in her ankle boots and blue woollen dress , and stood shyly beside Willie , twisting the hem of her dress in her hand till her knickers came into view . |
| 19 | I got off my bicycle and stood there in Bromley High Street , next to the plaque that said ‘ H. G. Wells was born here ’ . |
| 20 | He had seen others doing that to her in the clubs , and even though he 'd felt like stepping in when their attentions were becoming too direct , he had watched her superbly effective ‘ put downs ’ and stood back in awe . |
| 21 | At this juncture , Yet appeared and stood stolidly at Frankenstein 's elbow , bearing a tray . |
| 22 | He pushed the door open and stood aside for Bourne to see . |
| 23 | Kate Miskin pushed open the first door on the left and stood aside for Dalgliesh and Massingham to enter . |
| 24 | She spoke in short , clipped sentences and stood aside for Rachel to enter the house . |
| 25 | I walked over and stood respectfully in front of Capitaine Danjou 's false limb . |