Example sentences of "he stood before [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There he stood before the official inquiry in his crisp , bemedalled marine uniform , his voice breaking with emotion as he lectured the assembled politicians on what was in the nation 's interests as if he himself had just invented patriotism .
2 Pulling himself up from the floor he stood before the dying fire , his short fat legs and large stomach making Michael feel sick inside .
3 He was waiting for a couple of soluble aspirin to break up in a glass of water as he stood before the opened mirror-cabinet .
4 He stood before the rusty , blood-stained block , his face covered by a black hood as he leaned on a great two-edged axe .
5 For him the high point of the ceremony was when he stood before the empty but impressive tomb of Cyrus the Great and addressed it grandiloquently in his flat , featureless voice .
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