Example sentences of "a [noun] stood [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A throne stood in the middle of the desert . |
| 2 | A figure stood in the door , silhouetted against the light . |
| 3 | A figure stood in the rectangle of light , attracted by the noise . |
| 4 | A spade and a pitchfork stood against the wall beneath , beside a pair of boots , the mud on them dried , flaky to the touch . |
| 5 | However , a priest stood on the floor of the parliament and refused to yield before being allowed to speak . |
| 6 | Told to an outsider , the history of a lineage stood for the history of the tribe . |
| 7 | Opposite the window , a coal-burning stove with a chimney stood in the centre of an alcove originally designed to accommodate a massive Victorian cooking range . |
| 8 | George Lansbury , speaking at Shoreditch Town Hall in January 1924 , reminded the monarch that ‘ Some centuries ago a King stood against the common people and he lost his head . ’ |
| 9 | A woman stood at the door of the French window , half in the verandah . |
| 10 | A woman stood at the shallow end , her hand under the chin of a small child , encouraging it along . |
| 11 | A woman stood at the tavern door , shouting at the crowd . |
| 12 | In one case this had happened twice on the same land and was about to happen a third time for bulldozer had arrived to destroy a newly erected building where a woman stood in the way , she was one of the nuns helping in the area ; the defence was successful . |
| 13 | The room was small , and if a chair stood on the other side of the fireplace from where Aunt Louise sat , it was in the way of anyone passing through the door leading into the kitchen , or that leading to the stairs . |
| 14 | A man stood on the porch , his hands in the pocket of his beige mackintosh . |
| 15 | A pile of wooden boxes as tall as a man stood on the quay . |
| 16 | A man stood in the tiny galley . |
| 17 | A form stood in the air fronting me … |
| 18 | A sailor stood beside the captain , behind them a dozen men in jungle fatigues and black berets . |
| 19 | A silver tray containing a bottle of mineral water and a glass stood on the polished wood dressing-table . |
| 20 | When John Logie Baird was born I do not doubt that a star stood over the little saviour 's cradle . |
| 21 | A table stood in the south-east corner of the parapeted L-shaped terrace . |
| 22 | ‘ Before any enactment existed with regard to actions by solicitors for their costs , a solicitor stood in the same position as any other person who has done work for another at his request , and could sue as soon as the work which he was retained to do was finished , without having delivered any signed bill of costs or waiting for any time after the delivery of such a bill . |
| 23 | It is interesting to note that when an epergne stood on the table , there were no creams , jellies , or syllabubs in glasses mentioned in the dessert course , but Lady Grisell herself did not possess such an ornament and for her own dinners still served " sweetmeats and jelly and sillibubs " , curds and cream , pears and apples , " pistaches and scorcht almonds , Bisket round the milk " in the old way in separate dishes , in glasses on footed salvers , and in sweetmeat glasses . |
| 24 | The chapel was small , an altar stood at the further end from the entrance we came in by . |
| 25 | An altar stood in the centre of the room in the middle of a chalk circle . |