Example sentences of "and stood in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Markby joined her on the further side and they both stopped to watch as their bovine companions lumbered up and stood in a row staring at them expectantly , tossing muddy heads . |
2 | He placed the hook in the worn pocket and stood in a sling . |
3 | I 've been to Newark on a Friday night and stood in a line with others on a night shift at a w wooden hut in the yard whilst a clerk from the pay office came to meet us , the day shift finishing at er , say five o'clock . |
4 | The children had got to their feet and stood in a line across the path , observing the two adults with passive faces . |
5 | I started to walk across to the pile and as I did , all my toys came to life and stood in a line facing me . |
6 | They were both good dancers and gradually the other couples drifted off the floor and stood in a circle watching them . |
7 | He drew breath hard , and stepped out from his shallow niche and stood in the centre of the walk . |
8 | Wanting very much to hear ( because he was sure that this was a lover calling , from the voice ) , the man used the boxing match as an excuse , and he came and stood in the kitchen doorway with a wet plate and the cloth in his hands , and looked at the television . |
9 | I went and stood in the kitchen door , while he watched the vriki . |
10 | I went and stood in the corridor and watched the towns and villages flash past ; we went through Chalon-sur-SaƓne , Dijon and on towards Lyons . |
11 | I doubled across the cobbled yard and stood in the middle of the road to watch the jeeps disappear in the distance in a cloud of dust . |
12 | Leaning her bike against the gate , she hopped up and over , then raced to the bridge and under it , and stood in the middle of the road holding both hands out and shouting to the van to stop . |
13 | I went straight upstairs and stood in the middle of my bedroom . |
14 | The archaeologist ran in front of them and stood in the middle of the road . |
15 | In an hour they were all ready and stood in the parlour looking humorously at each other in their best shirts of white linen and clean breeches . |
16 | The train had come in from the sidings and stood in the station , warm and pulsing , its engines reattached , the horses and grooms on board and fresh foods and ice loaded . |
17 | They shook themselves before the fire and stood in the lee of the shelter . |
18 | The horse was rather surprised , and stood in the road waiting for her to pick herself up . |
19 | The Sheikha got up and stood in the door , thanking God and declaring it a fine day . |
20 | We were early and stood in the playground . |
21 | I went to Cardiff to watch the Third-place Play-off between Scotland and the All Blacks and stood in the West Enclosure . |
22 | Then when I came near the broken house and stood in the moon shadow I could hear and see nothing . |
23 | George pushed a door open and stood back , and she walked into the room and stood in the center of it looking around with curiosity . |
24 | He put himself into the pathologist 's shoes and stood in the witness box . |
25 | He smiled absently on catching sight of me , and I wandered over and stood in the well of the Steinway . |
26 | I got into the street and stood in the shade , waiting to see what happened . |
27 | We went out and stood in the bailey , taking advantage of the bothies and the huddled tenements built against the castle wall which provided shadows deep enough to hide Satan 's Army . |
28 | Trent walked round through the lean-to kitchen and stood in the doorway , from where he could see into the restaurant . |
29 | Ruth followed her and stood in the doorway . |
30 | I went and stood in the doorway of my office , indicating that I was ready to start work again . |