Example sentences of "stand [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pa has given special permission for the godparents and me to stand inside at the Jonah window , while he does the immersion outside . |
| 2 | Its regulated , preventive surveillance features , in practice meant ‘ moving on ’ those civilians who dared to stand idly at the street corner . |
| 3 | The baptistery stands separately at the south-west corner of the cathedral and was begun in 1196 . |
| 4 | One per over per batsman is the ration , with a bouncer being defined as a ball passing over the batsman 's shoulder as he stands upright at the crease . |
| 5 | As Korah , Dathan and Abiram stand defiantly at the doors of their tents with their wives and children , the ground opens beneath them and swallows them up , together with the tents and all their belongings . |
| 6 | They all s they stand there at the door going lighter as if it matters they have to get off the train with a cigarette in their mouth or they 're uncool , some shit like this |
| 7 | She stepped through the sinister half-circle of rajathuks and saw Morthen , standing uneasily at the entrance of the enclosure . |
| 8 | Bernice , Francis and Elaine found him there , standing indecisively at the centre of a crossroads of corridors . |
| 9 | The shop bell had tinkled frequently for the past hour , most of the customers having been the ha'penny and penny ones , some of whom were now standing outside at the shop window oohing and aahing at the Christmas goodies displayed there , all entwined with coloured streamers and illuminated by the two gas lamps attached to the side wall of the shop and plopping inside their pretty pink glass globes , while casting a rosy light overall , even over the small faces pressed against the window . |
| 10 | Celia , standing uncertainly at the door of the nursery while her son was finishing his bottle , had been feeling rather de trop . |
| 11 | The ICC definition of a ‘ fast , short-pitched ball ’ is one which ‘ passes , or would have passed , above the shoulder of the batsman standing upright at the crease ’ . |
| 12 | Marcus , standing now at the foot of the bed , carefully rolled up his sleeves . |
| 13 | Dignity right now seemed a bit optimistic , when she could feel her eyes blurring over with tears , but anything was better than standing here at the foot of the stairs , rooted to the spot and subjected mercilessly to his naked inspection of her . |
| 14 | In daylight the mound is still to be seen and is worth the climb for views of the sea , the plain of Holderness , and the village itself with the church standing proudly at the west end of the village . |
| 15 | They entered the trench , leaving Astorre and Thomas and Pesaro standing silently at the entrance . |
| 16 | She thought she would fall to the floor , or faint , standing there at the mercy of his ravishing mouth , and perhaps he sensed something of her helplessness , because he raised his head again almost immediately . |
| 17 | ‘ I can still remember standing there at the party when that woman Pargeter told me . |
| 18 | Ranteallo was standing nearby at the front of the crowd , urging us on . |
| 19 | Of the 50 men questioned 27 knew that Michael Fallon is the Conservative MP and that he is standing again at the election . |
| 20 | Anwar was standing anxiously at the window of Paradise Stores as the Rover turned into the street , stopping outside the library . |
| 21 | Then they all saw that the royal lance , which had stood upright at the door of the tent , had been flung down so violently that its point had pierced the breast-plate of his piled armour ; and the shaft of the lance was twisted and discoloured , all the armour dinted , and the royal pennant charred as if it had been burned . |
| 22 | She 'd stood there at the door where he was such a short time before . |
| 23 | And I said , well I know nothing about that kind of music but that 's the impression I got , I was just stood there at the bar thinking that last , last Friday it 's not the same one , thinking , you know , this is just this is just very samey it |
| 24 | As she stood uncertainly at the top of stairs leading down , she began to wonder how she was going to make herself heard above the noise . |
| 25 | For a moment she stood uncertainly at the entrance to the marquee , the simplicity of her dark long dress in elegant contrast to the exotic fancydress all around her . |
| 26 | I could n't look as I stood helplessly at the top of stairs listening to him bumping and thudding from step to step until he reached the bottom . |
| 27 | Jumping down from his mount , he came back and stood there at the head of the path , looking down at her . |
| 28 | Slowly Peter opened the door to the river and stood there at the opening , the water lapping at his feet . |
| 29 | I stood there at the entrance to her lair , hesitating , unsure of what to do next . |