Example sentences of "stand [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stands for a long moment . |
| 2 | At a buffet you ensure that elderly and infirm guests , and those who have travelled long distances , have seats near the buffet table so that they are not obliged to stand for a long period . |
| 3 | Just sit down and and sit still for a minute because you 'll be standing for a long time playing the recorder as well , if you want if you want to go to the toilet just take yourself all right . |
| 4 | We embraced , standing in a long corridor |
| 5 | Arthur Leopold of County Cork had taken the picture , and the first time Ellie had tiptoed into the bedroom she had stood for a long time staring at the photograph , because it was the first time she had ever seen the likeness of her dead mother . |
| 6 | I stood for a long while looking at Voting Right . |
| 7 | The headless trunk stood for a long second , the blood fountaining in a gush of scarlet from the raw stump of its neck , before collapsing bonelessly to the mat . |
| 8 | Charles collapsed like a glove puppet with the hand withdrawn , and stood for a long moment , sagging . |
| 9 | She had risen from her deep curtsey , and stood for a long moment gazing steadily into his face . |
| 10 | I had an old air-raid shelter , partly dug into the ground because of the slope : there was a load of stones on top , waiting to turn the shelter into an apple store disguised as a rockery , and when Mrs Wilson saw this she stood for a long time looking at the hump in the ground and the pile of stones . |
| 11 | In the garden of Burleigh Court , situated near the present Ulster Bank , there stood for a long time an old pear tree known as ‘ King William 's pear tree ’ . |
| 12 | I stood for a long time in a telephone box just to keep out of the slicing rain . |
| 13 | There she stood for a long time , gazing out to sea , her heart full of sadness and her eyes full of tears . |
| 14 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
| 15 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
| 16 | I stood for a long time , staring at the mirror . |
| 17 | When he had gone , she stood for a long time in front of the looking-glass that hung over the fire , her hands pressed to her cheeks , her face quite alive with excitement . |
| 18 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
| 19 | She went up to her room , put the Diary in her drawer and stood for a long time , breathing on the window and drawing faces . |
| 20 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
| 21 | She walked one last time down the rickety boardwalk in front of the cabins , and stood for a long time looking down at the sleeping lodge , the moody lake beyond it . |
| 22 | She stood for a long time , trying to make sense of her feelings , the words he had said tumbling around in her brain . |
| 23 | Thus Aquinas , who stood in a long tradition which came to him through the teachings of the early canonists summed up in Gratian 's Decretum ( 1140 ) , was clear that every state had both the right and the duty to defend itself , its legitimate existence , and its rights when these could be legally proved ( ‘ It is legitimate to oppose force with force ’ , as Justinian 's Digest put it ) . |