Example sentences of "she stood [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was still sick at heart when she passed down through the last glade and found herself staring at the Lodge 's covert thatch , its closed door , She stood for a time in the yard outside , afraid to enter . |
| 2 | She stood for a moment on the other side of the room , sizing me up ( and me sizing her up ) , and then she came over to speak to me . |
| 3 | Dalgliesh waited until Meg had unlocked the front door and stepped inside before saying his final goodnight , and she stood for a moment watching his tall figure striding down the gravel path and into the darkness . |
| 4 | She stood for a moment , her eyes closed , trying to collect her thoughts , while she struggled to put on her gloves . |
| 5 | She stood for a moment behind the thick black curtain , unwilling to pull it aside . |
| 6 | It was something that had never happened before and she stood for a moment trying to control the thoughts that raced through her head . |
| 7 | She stood for a moment staring round at the flickering shadows thrown by the lone candle , the fire had died long since and the room was cold and suddenly lonely . |
| 8 | She stood for a moment looking at them , and saw how their heads were tilted in the listening attitudes of forest creatures , how their ears were pricked , and how their eyes were bright and intelligent . |
| 9 | She stood for a moment with her head on one side , listening intently . |
| 10 | She stood for a moment , looking round her , waiting for the onrush of some emotion — nostalgia , maybe , or regret . |
| 11 | She stood for a moment beside Melissa , looking up at the portrait . |
| 12 | Valerie Stevens had been in the house to get more coffee and as she stepped through the patio doors she stood for a moment staring at Rachel in horror , having only heard the last part of the conversation . |
| 13 | Sophie nodded as she cleaned up the wound , then , after giving an injection of antibiotic , she stood for a moment in thought . |
| 14 | She stood on a floor of trodden earth . |
| 15 | She stood on a chair and I used to have to draw the lines round the back of her legs with a pencil . |
| 16 | ‘ My private life , ’ she stood on a matter of principle to declare tartly , ‘ has nothing whatsoever to do with my work ! ’ |
| 17 | She stood in a queue at the single check-out ; the village store had supermarket aspirations without the amenities . |
| 18 | She seemed to vanish as quickly as she had appeared , leaving Ianthe to be pushed forward into the train , where she stood in a daze until she found herself sitting down in a seat offered to her by a small boy . |
| 19 | She stood against a fence warm to the touch , and out of which the warmth had brought the smell of creosote and basked , her face up to the sky , her eyes nearly shut , letting the fiery sinking ball make red patterns through her flickering lids . |
| 20 | She stood like a dummy as her mother gave the last twitches to her wedding dress , trying to ignore the excitement that buzzed through the small house . |
| 21 | ‘ Are you searching for anything in particular ? ’ he asked as she stood by a cage containing some little creatures curled up fast asleep . |