Example sentences of "i would stand [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd stand in the lunch queue at school in my pegs while everyone else was in these horrible big flares . |
| 2 | I would stand at the street door and wait until his tall , burly figure appeared , still plodding along with that measured tread acquired from years on the beat . |
| 3 | That 's including Chippingfield if you had seen it as we saw it when we came here you would recognise how much work has gone into building the town because I was on the the council then I was asked if I would stand for the council which was then only a parish council there was no urban district council that was n't formed for four or five years afterwards and of course , we had to fight for lights everything that , er that we needed we had to fight for because there was no lighting on Netteswell Road where our children were going to school , and there were little ones . |
| 4 | She came to me one day and asked me if I would stand for the council , which I did . |
| 5 | At night I would stand on the pavement opposite the Hospedaje Lisboa and look up at his window . |
| 6 | I would stand on the doorstep waiting to pick up the children with my ex-wife sneering at me . |