Example sentences of "stand [num ord] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scot was dumped 5-2 by 26-year-old Dave Harold from Stoke , who stands 93rd in the world rankings . |
| 2 | The manor house is a Grade II listed building and stands next to the church . |
| 3 | It stands next to the South Park aviary . |
| 4 | Ordinary shares stand last in the queue for payment of dividends and return of capital . |
| 5 | She put the bowl down on top of a chest of drawers standing next to the bed and folded her arms . |
| 6 | The little one that was standing next to the pram was about Oliver 's age was n't she ? |
| 7 | Standing next to the Hudson will be the eagerly-awaited Bristol Beaufort , currently being prepared at Cardington , this aircraft will be displayed as ‘ DD931 ’ , a 42 Squadron Mk I of Coastal Command . |
| 8 | She nodded towards his suitcase standing next to the desk . |
| 9 | A boy was standing next to the table , looking at Jean-Paul shyly . |
| 10 | ‘ Too refined , ’ Julia explained didactically and pressed on to introduce him to the black and white humbug types labelled British Alpines , standing next to the skewbald variety called British Toggenbergs . |
| 11 | On Saturdays as a special treat Granpa would allow me to go along with him to the early morning market in Covent Garden , where he would select the fruit and vegetables that we would later sell from his pitch , just opposite Mr Salmon 's and Dunkley 's , the fish and chippy that stood next to the baker 's . |
| 12 | She then stood next to the telephone box , her stomach beginning to tighten in a way which was becoming sickeningly familiar . |
| 13 | Francis , as chief mourner , stood next to the vicar ; his paunchiness exaggerated by an old , dark suit that was too small for him . |
| 14 | IN 1843 the parishioners of Winston were worried about the dilapidated state of their vicarage , which stood next to the church of St Andrew . |
| 15 | It stood next to the Town Hall . |
| 16 | St. Albans itself stood next to the remains of the ancient Roman city of Verulamium , which had been the most important Roman settlement in Britain after London . |
| 17 | In front of the fire was a table with a candle stuck into a bottle of beer , and an old man , with a horribly ugly face and red hair , stood next to the fire cooking . |