Example sentences of "he stand [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alan Rough has given more to Scottish football than he could ever take and for that reason alone he stands on the terraces of Hampden Babylon like a colossus . |
| 2 | Gallup in September 1980 asked voters to indicate which of various descriptions best suited the two candidates and Reagan was placed well ahead of Carter on several leadership questions : ‘ Has strong leadership qualities ’ , 65 per cent — 31 per cent ; ‘ Decisive sure of himself , 69 per cent — 37 per cent ; ‘ Has a well defined progam for moving the country ahead ’ , 53 per cent — 27 per cent ; ‘ You know where he stands on the issues ’ , 54 per cent — 33 per cent . |
| 3 | He stands in the corners , in quiet places , and watches us . |
| 4 | He stood at the gates evening after evening , but was always gone when the 5.13 to Blackburn went through . |
| 5 | he stood over the stumps to the quick bowlers and brought off stumpings down the leg side , the hallmark of a great keeper . |
| 6 | She tells him about her father — about how he stood on the cliffs in a flapping raincoat when she was a child and sang the whole of ‘ O Thou that tellest Good Tidings to Zion ’ over the roar of the wind and surf , and about how later she could not speak to him without irritation in spite of her love for him . |
| 7 | As he stood on the steps before the heavy front door and dug in his pocket for his keys he could hear the ringing of a telephone , blanked and muffled by several layers of brick and plaster . |
| 8 | He stood on the steps outside the building , tattered cloak flapping like a scarecrow 's nightshirt , and signalled to me . |
| 9 | He stood on the steps for a second , smiling at the figures on the face of the watch . |
| 10 | Outside he stood on the steps for a minute , surveying his city and sniffing the morning air . |
| 11 | He stood on the tips of his toes and stretched a hand above his head . |
| 12 | He stood in the stirrups and looked around . |
| 13 | He felt as if he was about to take his first woman , and as he stood beneath the trees , watching her running towards him , Fergus felt himself trembling . |
| 14 | And if Elinor 's mother should break down he would sob operatically and people would say to each other , as he stood by the flowers afterwards , ‘ My , my . |