Example sentences of "she stand [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stood outside the lifts in the hospital 's main entrance with other visitors . |
| 2 | She stood between the cops and Rubberneck . |
| 3 | She stood at the altar-steps , uncertain what to do as she watched her daughter try to put her arms round her priestly uncle , prattling all the while in infant Italian . |
| 4 | In a kind of distracted daze , she stood on the sidelines as the police arrived and started asking questions . |
| 5 | She stood on the steps of the court , and told the crowd gathered there that the parents had been told they would have to wait to hear whether the Place of Safety orders had been confirmed , or whether their children would be returning home . |
| 6 | She stood on the stairs by the open window , waiting for the next stroke of the bell , waiting in fact for this sign of Ernest 's madness . |
| 7 | Her palms were sweating as she stood in the wings in her best green dress waiting for them to come off so that she could get on . |
| 8 | This , of course , delighted the child and every night she stood in the wings performing everybody 's act with them , and even at the end of two shows , she was as bright in the dressing room as she 'd been at the overture . |
| 9 | As she stood in the wings , she whispered to her daughter Carol , ‘ What am I doing here ? ’ |
| 10 | She was a good waitress , but when she stood by the tables , the men looked round her to see Aileen . |
| 11 | I must have just left her standing on the steps . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm going for a walk , ’ Roman said abruptly as they left the dining-room , and without waiting for a reply he left her standing by the lifts . |