Example sentences of "they stand [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heat the frankfurters by leaving them to stand in a pan of water that has just boiled for about 5 minutes . |
| 2 | They stand for a moment locked by their feelings in an awkward embrace . |
| 3 | The story of victims number 37,38 and 39 was : ‘ In an apparent ambush , a gang member , fourteen , is killed and two others are wounded as they stand at a bus stop . ’ |
| 4 | There can be the desperate feeling that life has passed them by , and they stand on a precipice , wondering whether to jump into the arms of the first person who offers , or risk endless loneliness. , |
| 5 | They walk on their knees and the front legs like this , so they stand on a knee and then those two legs , and then that knee and these two legs , so they |
| 6 | Shortly , they stand before a pair of frail-looking panelled and inlaid wooden doors which open readily into a simple chamber before them ( Map 11 . |
| 7 | They stand in a line along the south side of Glen Nevis , worthy counterparts to those of the Ben Nevis range on the north side , not quite as high but of better appearance and much more photogenic from the floor of the glen . |
| 8 | They stand in a cluster next to a stream around an open space , for which the term ‘ village green ’ would be too grand . |
| 9 | The symbolic goods produced here will only have much of a chance of realizing their value if they stand in a relation of ‘ elective affinity ’ to the consumers ; that is , to their ideal and material interests . |
| 10 | He took off his glasses and put his arms around her waist , and they stood for a while facing one another . |
| 11 | They stood for a moment regarding it , then Meg Dennison said : ‘ When I first came here from London it almost frightened me , the sheer size of it , the way it dominates the headland . |
| 12 | Here they stood for a moment , looking round . |
| 13 | They stood on a tin dais enamelled red . |
| 14 | as if the children had n't heard her or were not aware of her presence , they all ran back towards the side of the house , and there they stood as a group , staring at the man with the short legs and the girl with hair that looked almost white , walking towards their mother . |
| 15 | They stood under a cedar tree . |
| 16 | He had met him on his way to the stables , and they stood in a yard which was busy with blacksmiths and farriers . |
| 17 | And they stood in a corner and drank them , and exchanged their names , at last : she much admired the clear way with which he presented his own . |
| 18 | They stood in a group in the middle of the tiny room , speaking in lowered tones , like conspirators . |
| 19 | Sarah 's mother and grandmother had followed her so they stood in a group on the step with several neighbours adding their congratulations . |
| 20 | The two young McLaggans were taunting and prodding at a trio of hostages , Thomson the constable , Bisset the minister , and the old soldier Major Alexander McGlashan of Eastertyre ; they stood in a huddle with their eyes staring , while young McCulloch staggered up to them and shoved stalks of bracken into their hair . |
| 21 | Then , quickly she opened the door and went out and left them standing in a half circle , silent , no laughter on their faces now , just memories of what might have been if they had had a child like the little girl who used to run into them , and a daughter as she was now . |
| 22 | I saw them standing in a crowd ; they told me ‘ We want to prove something , show them something . ’ |
| 23 | He held McAllister 's hand for a little longer than propriety might demand , and the pair of them stood for a moment , rapt , until the surgery boy , who ran the doctor 's errands on his bike , delivered prescriptions and generally did a great deal of donkey work , knocked on the door before he came in , saying excitedly and importantly , ‘ You 're wanted , Dr Neil , sir . |