Example sentences of "he stand at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A statue to him stands at the junction of Seagate and Castle Street , Irvine .
2 But the good-night was not as definite as it sounded and Fritz , cowed though he was , knew it and walked with Erika to her bus-stop and waited with her in the cold until the bus did trundle along , and even then he made an attempt to get on it with her , a ploy which , with a deft use of her elbow , Erika foiled , leaving him standing at the bus-stop ; a lonely rejected youth , bowed as with the sorrows of all the world — and yet irresistibly comic .
3 He stood at the back of the packed auditorium .
4 Not yesterday , Peter thought grimly , as he stood at the kitchen table laying the tea tray with his mother 's china ; but certainly last week or the week before .
5 ‘ Did you call the police ? ’ he asked , as he stood at the kitchen door watching her brew Darjeeling .
6 When she left him , he stood at the window for a long time , looking out over the newly-awakened countryside .
7 He stood at the window of his room , watching her .
8 It was almost , he stood at the window , the host below , as if he felt a new St Francis .
9 Lee watched Gabriel as he stood at the window facing out .
10 He stood at the window , watching the traffic on Willesden High Road .
11 He stood at the top of a long flight of wide stone steps .
12 He stood at the top of the stairs , looking back at Hilary — chunky , lively , absorbed — and at his paintings .
13 The mythic figure of the General — as portrayed in the War Memoirs — had known , from the moment he stood at the top of the Champs Elysées on 26 August 1944 , that the new leaders whom the war had brought to power would betray the cause of national renewal .
14 As he rushed onwards it lengthened and curved , until he stood at the edge of a cold volcanic cauldron , looking down at the mountain 's secret , a still , dark lake which gleamed green at the foot of the crags .
15 He stood at the edge of the slope , looking down the line of his cordon and into the turgid water .
16 He stood at the edge of the bed , looking down at her .
17 She could tell this by looking at his back as he stood at the bar ordering more drinks .
18 Evans got his blow in first as he stood at the door , ushered them into a large office overlooking the Kaiserstrasse .
19 He stood at the door of the bathroom , visualizing this most familiar of her rituals .
20 As he stood at the door trying to persuade her of the importance of other more pressing political issues , one of her cats shot out of the door , into the road and under the wheels of a passing lorry .
21 In light of this , he expected no reward but this day he knew he had received one as he stood at the door of a ward of children on whom he had operated , now sleeping peacefully and painlessly .
22 He stood at the centre of the Sun Chamber , and a terrible hush fell .
23 He stood at the stern of the yacht with his back to her .
24 Whenever he stood at the turn of the great stairs , with the entrance-hall and main door at his back , he knew he was facing the very worst the house could offer .
25 He stood at the barn door and watched the Gazelle finally lift off , its own lights rising up to slowly mingle with the stars .
26 The fertile combination of theory and practice was his own , however , and he stood at the head of a great group of people working on the new phenomena of electricity .
27 Alain came in as the doctor 's car left the house and he stood at the foot of the bed and regarded her sternly .
28 He stood at the bottom of the steps and looked up at her so fiercely that she stopped halfway down and felt quite uneasy , wondering exactly what she had done wrong .
29 He stood at the doorway regarding the room with approval before he said , ‘ Thank you , girls — you 've done an excellent job . ’
30 He stood at the lit window of his hotel room and saw his own reflection , and beyond it the room , and in that ghost-world the image of Tom Carey walking to and fro , a glassy shadow .
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