Example sentences of "and stand on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you never had no , no , no safety belts or nothing , just stand there and paint and stand on a piece of angle , if you only want the laugh out of it , cos the cranes down there are the swan lift cranes . |
| 2 | These can in turn be described in detail by the zonal space and excursion relationships as follows ( see Figure 2.19 ) : A loose pin in a hole may rest on the adjoining surfaces and stand on the bottom of the hole . |
| 3 | Come to the village of Battle in East Sussex and stand on the field where William the Conqueror and Harold II fought the Battle of Hastings in 1066 — an event that changed the course of England 's history . |
| 4 | For my next trick , I 'm going wrap myself in a union jack and stand on the terracing at Parkhead . |
| 5 | Somehow we float into Charing Cross Road and stand on the pavement swaying like penguins , waving our flippers to attract a taxi . |
| 6 | ‘ Take your shoe off and stand on the towel . ’ |
| 7 | Put a piece of rope and , and stand on the end of it and pull . |
| 8 | To make it harder for vermin to get into 'em they used to draw a wagon alongside a stack , and stand on the wagon with a scythe and then trim the stack . |
| 9 | 'Go and stand on an upstairs mat and look under a cricket bat' , ‘ Look in a place where it is cold and you will find your pot of gold . ’ |
| 10 | Let's both go upstairs and stand on the bathroom stool . |
| 11 | Huddle had told him about the rogue , turning up in his garish garments and standing on the church steps , offering to sell pardons to those who could afford them . |
| 12 | And standing on the resting birds are massive caryatids — each one as grim and unsmiling as might be expected of a lady who is balancing an arch on her head . |
| 13 | And standing on the pinnacle of course of this process of evolution erm er who were living in the most advanced societies and so on . |
| 14 | There was an owl whose names was Blanche perch bravely on a narrow branch when she asked if she could fly , the others said into the sky high , high , high , so one fine day they came out and stood on a branch all big and stout , she jumped , she thought that she could fly |
| 15 | At times my sleepy little daughter was brought down from the nursery and stood on a stool while John draped pieces of material on her and showed me how he wanted the costume move and flow , and so help to illustrate what he wanted to express and convey to an audience . |
| 16 | Philip ran to the edge of the feeding-ground and stood on the log . |
| 17 | Selecting a clear-looking spot she jabbed the fork into the earth and stood on the crossbar . |
| 18 | They shared a bottle of Barolo , then made their way back through the Lanes to the Conference Hall and stood on the sea-front opposite the entrance , watching the arrival of the Great and the Good . |
| 19 | He moved forward , with leopard-like grace , and stood on the edge of a rock . |
| 20 | Inwardly quaking , I rolled back the stone from the dragon 's den , and stood on the threshold . |
| 21 | She came to the river after about five minutes and stood on the bridge , leaning over the parapet to watch the water race by . |
| 22 | As the first grey slivers of dawn were filtering down through the trees , Roger Forester climbed stiffly from his hire car and stood on the track beside it , stretching his sore limbs and trying to beat some warmth into himself . |
| 23 | He walked through a narrow alley into the main street and stood on the corner by a butcher 's , looking up and down . |
| 24 | He bought three balls and stood on the line . |
| 25 | That fact that it was over was all there in his formal goodbye when he came round to the passenger 's side and stood on the pavement with her , and , ‘ Na shledanou , Fabia , ’ he wished her . |
| 26 | Back at the house in Muswell Hill , they went upstairs and stood on the landing . |
| 27 | Mr Foggerty was agreeably surprised , but when Nutty reminded him of the standard required , he relapsed into grim gloom and stood on the side of the bath in his white T-shirt and jeans looking at his watch and saying , ‘ I ca n't spare the time to do this three nights a week for the next year , which is what is required . |
| 28 | but I never pushed in and stood on the stage , look I 've done all this ! |
| 29 | But when they reached his room Leonora wriggled out of his arms and stood on the bedside rug , hands behind her back , guilt flooding her now in full force at the look in his eyes . |