Example sentences of "as [pron] stood [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Employing a lounge-lizard gait , he swaggered towards me as I stood at the bar waiting for my Coke . |
| 2 | And then he was pushed roughly on , and suddenly , inexplicably my mind was filled with a vivid picture of Christ looking down at me as I stood at the foot of the cross . |
| 3 | Images of animals huddled together for warmth , safety and companionship floated into my mind as I stood at the side of this man , watching him examine firearms . |
| 4 | As I stood on the walkway , the water level reached above my knees , and I waded along beside the wall in the direction of the lower door and the river . |
| 5 | Certainly she presented me with my medal for the 100 metres and as I stood on the plinth she did not bat an eyelid . |
| 6 | As I stood on the tufted grass , surrounded by natural beauty , I felt as if I 'd come to another world |
| 7 | It was once full of treasures , but all I could think about as I stood on the battlemented roof , looking out over the Aegean , was that a disciple of Christ 's had sat in his cell in a little monastery half-way up the hill recording the extraordinary revelations he had been vouchsafed . |
| 8 | As I stood on the footbridge I had a good view of the station . |
| 9 | I had another coffee ; I was confused , irritable and dizzy as I stood by the buffet and watched the station cleaners , suddenly desperate to be on my way before tiredness made me change my mind . |
| 10 | I had a vision thus prospectively of these birds as I stood in the swamps . |
| 11 | Water oozed through the sodden cardboard inner soles , hastily fitted over the holes in my cheap plastic shoes as I stood in the rain outside the courtroom . |
| 12 | But two evenings later , as I stood in the wings about to go on , she came off stage and , separating from the others , clutching my arm , she whispered , ‘ Lily , Lily , dearest — the worst , it is all the worst — ’ Her eyes , against the wet white , the rouge , were large , frightened . |
| 13 | Mr and Mrs Smith , the benign proprietors , were always good to me , giving me a lolly or a ‘ black jack ’ every time I shopped there , and I was looking forward to the treat as I stood behind a small queue masking the counter . |
| 14 | She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair . |
| 15 | When he left , we watched from the Met Office windows as she stood at the salute on the edge of the perimeter track , until his aircraft was out of sight . |
| 16 | The tears had run down her face as she stood at the sink , washing up after tea . |
| 17 | And as she stood at the window she seemed to hear again , as clearly as she had heard it two days before , the sound of Henrietta screaming . |
| 18 | Now Sam looked at his wife as she stood at the end of the long , dark-panelled bedroom , her back to the window , beyond which olive trees rustled in a hot breeze . |
| 19 | It must , thought Fenella , snatching the spell off the wall and holding it between her hands as she stood at the silver door , waiting for an indication that the Robemaker had gone . |
| 20 | They stopped talking when Groa entered , and she could feel their eyes on her back as she stood at the window , watching . |
| 21 | Ilse Huber recognized him at once from his file photo as she stood at the barrier beside the security police . |
| 22 | It was her first visit to a city and she was taken aback by the volume of traffic — ‘ I had heard about this kind of thing , but it 's quite frightening close to like this , ’ she said , as she stood on the pavement in City Square and watched four lanes of vehicles jousting strenuously for position . |
| 23 | As she stood on the quayside looking , a little yappy dog scuttered up from the cabin snarling at her bare toes a few inches from the deck , and a woman in maroon trousers and a yellow and orange flowered bikini top bulged over with fiery red flesh looked crossly at Peony . |
| 24 | ‘ Happy Christmas , Doris , ’ she said as she stood on the threshold . |
| 25 | As she stood on the crimson carpet , hesitating , the chandeliers suddenly flashed on , dispelling the gloom . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , Fernando , ’ she breathed huskily as she stood on the edge of the pool . |
| 27 | Her face as she stood outside the register office , with that big municipal clock behind her , ticking off those first glistening moments of nuptial bliss . |
| 28 | At the moment , however , as she stood outside the door she had intended trying before , one trembling hand hesitating over the latch , Isabel could only think as far ahead as the next few minutes . |
| 29 | Fabia smiled , and discovered as she stood under the shower , that she was cheerfully humming a snatch of one of Dvořák 's Humoresques . |
| 30 | After all , she said so herself almost five months ago , as she stood in the doorway and bade me goodbye . |