Example sentences of "stand there [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jasper , the Tour something , ca n't remember what , stands there without a trace of sheepiness . |
| 2 | Solemn to stand there in the pollen light |
| 3 | When I eventually reached the gods I hesitated , afraid to push the door open , but after a couple of minutes I became too frightened to stand there in the dark any longer . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | We stand there for a second or two . |
| 6 | I stand there for a second , before stepping back . |
| 7 | Whatever the activity , I still see this as the old style … it 's teacher-led from that point of view in that they rely on me to start them off and I mean it 's almost as if I stand there with a gun and say ‘ Go ! ’ |
| 8 | All I am conscious of , as I stand there with the page in my hand , is that here at last are the two terms of my inquiry , Strategy and Summerchild , united by the same sheet of paper . |
| 9 | Stand there near the video shop ? |
| 10 | I sometimes stand there in the darkness for a moment , watching them , putting off the moment when I walk up the five tessellated steps to the front door . |
| 11 | They just stand there in the street . |
| 12 | Mr Edgar put his head out of the window and called to his wife , ‘ Do n't stand there in the cold , love ! |
| 13 | Do n't just stand there like a dummy . |
| 14 | And Cardiff looked back to see the thing standing there amidst the destruction . |
| 15 | I just saw you standing there with a smile on your face . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd always had a fantasy about living with an artist and waking up in the morning and him standing there with a canvas . |
| 17 | He continues : ‘ I just can not understand a soldier , whether he is a Croat , a Muslim or a Serb , standing there with a flame thrower and burning five children alive . |
| 18 | He walked off , tall and dark , leaving her standing there with every eye on her . |
| 19 | A liar or perjurer stood in the docks , a great whetstone round his neck , a placard proclaiming that he was a false perjurer and breaker of oaths ; beside him a hapless youth who had stolen a leg of mutton and was standing there with the piece of meat , now well decaying and buzzing with flies , slung round his neck . |
| 20 | Standing there with the violin tucked under her chin and the bow in her hand , she was removed from anxiety and from thinking of Catherine . |
| 21 | ‘ He was standing there with the blood still on his cuffs , ’ one MP explained . |
| 22 | Then one day I was standing there on a dune top , straining against the pull of the wind in the kite , gripping and hauling and sensing and adjusting and twisting , when one of those twists became like a strangle around Esmerelda 's neck , and the idea was there . |
| 23 | And I fear for you , standing there on the shore |
| 24 | And I give him three mo cos I 'd give him three months guarantee with that , I thought yes and I was standing there on the phone and I thought you dare come back ! |
| 25 | all its friends and then it was just standing there on the ground . |
| 26 | They were simply standing there on the beat in the execution of their duty when they were assaulted . ’ |
| 27 | According to the court , it was sufficient that the police were ‘ standing there on the beat in the execution of their duty ’ for liability to attach . |
| 28 | I did n't feel I should suggest a doctor , just like that , standing there on the pavement . |
| 29 | I glance up and see Lucker standing there on the bridge . |
| 30 | 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 . |