Example sentences of "stand at the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marion Russell stands at the threshold and peeps cautiously round the edge of the door , surveying the arrangement of people and furniture as a thief might case a property for ease of entry and swiftness of escape . |
| 2 | There were so many mourners at the funeral that some had to stand at the back and listen to the service relayed by loudspeakers . |
| 3 | I stand at the bottom and watch him . |
| 4 | Behold , I stand at the door and knock : if any man hear my voice , and open the door , I will come in to him Revelation 3 : 20 |
| 5 | All Church assemblies should perhaps have the motto , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ inscribed above the door to remind them that the Church exists for outsiders not insiders . |
| 6 | ‘ One can not say to the Zanaki people along the shores of the sprawling Lake Victoria , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ ( Rev. 3:20 ) . |
| 7 | Accordingly , in the Zanaki translation it is necessary to say , ‘ Behold , I stand at the door and call ’ ’ ( Nida 1952:46 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ I have started a review of our performance in all kinds of areas when there can be an impact on the environment to build up an objective picture of where we stand at the present and where improvement can be made . |
| 9 | Actually he 's not that friendly with Foxy but erm tt says they 're always arguing on the rugby pitch , they 're always , you know , stand at the back and slag each other off and say oh shit or stuff but then erm tt afterwards they sort of end |
| 10 | It 's my party cos I 'm gon na stand at the door and everybody has to give me a big french kiss when they come in the door ! |
| 11 | At eighty five bid standing standing at eighty five against you all seated now , at ninety pounds , standing at the back and I 'll sell at ninety pounds , are you all done , ninety pounds ninety five just in time one hundred one ten one twenty one thirty one thirty still on the left at the back at one thirty , any more now at a hundred and thirty pounds ? |
| 12 | One Saturday at about 3 o'clock when the 2.47 had not long gone through and he had put the ‘ line clear ’ through , he was standing at the window and saw the lad . |
| 13 | An Officer is standing at the entrance and directing the units to certain parts of the farm ; he has a strong Scottish accent . |
| 14 | ‘ Sometimes , when there are three thousand people hanging on every note , I find myself wishing they were all stood at the bar and facing the other way . |
| 15 | She stood at the door and stared . |
| 16 | I stood at the door and looked up , but the windows were dark ; she had gone to bed . |
| 17 | The minister stood at the door and shook the hand of each member of his congregation , with a kindly word for each boy and girl . |
| 18 | When Marjorie went back into her own garden , Emmie stood at the door and heard her say , ‘ Nick , it 's too ridiculous , they ca n't go on like this , that child 's worn out . |
| 19 | And , the children were in there erm doing their P E and er he went stood at the door and watched them and he was quite happy . |
| 20 | They filled the pews , stood at the back and sides and spilled over into a side chapel and the parish function room where the ceremony was relayed by video . |
| 21 | I stood at the window and looked down into the street . |
| 22 | And when the train started she wished she could close her cars too , because Nick stood at the window and sang . |
| 23 | Bunny stood at the window and stared wearily down into the lamp-lit street . |
| 24 | In the city , I stood at the window and identified the cars as they breezed by . |
| 25 | Picking Gwen Bear up from the bed , and hugging the soft toy to her for comfort , she stood at the window and stared out at the cloudy night sky . |
| 26 | A big boy and-a big girl , eleven-plus age , she stooping with embarrassment , stood at the lectern and read alternatively the brief , fairy-tale bits of Matthew and Luke . |
| 27 | He stood at the urinal and peed fiercely at the white ceramic wall , streaked with rusty tear-stains from the corroding pipes . |