Example sentences of "he stood [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its citizens presumably believed that their interests would be better served if Henry won , for he stood for the preservation of a single sovereign authority ruling in Poitou , England and Normandy , in other words over both ends of La Rochelle 's trade , over wine-growers and wine-drinkers . |
| 2 | But Gloucester also insisted throughout that he stood for the continuance of Edward IV 's regime , an emphasis which inevitably played down the political significance of the ‘ outs ’ . |
| 3 | But Gloucester also insisted throughout that he stood for the continuance of Edward IV 's regime , an emphasis which inevitably played down the political significance of the ‘ outs ’ . |
| 4 | At the election he stood as the architect 's architect , pledged to stand up for quality of design . |
| 5 | He stood at the back of the packed auditorium . |
| 6 | Not yesterday , Peter thought grimly , as he stood at the kitchen table laying the tea tray with his mother 's china ; but certainly last week or the week before . |
| 7 | ‘ Did you call the police ? ’ he asked , as he stood at the kitchen door watching her brew Darjeeling . |
| 8 | When she left him , he stood at the window for a long time , looking out over the newly-awakened countryside . |
| 9 | He stood at the window of his room , watching her . |
| 10 | It was almost , he stood at the window , the host below , as if he felt a new St Francis . |
| 11 | Lee watched Gabriel as he stood at the window facing out . |
| 12 | He stood at the window , watching the traffic on Willesden High Road . |
| 13 | He stood at the top of a long flight of wide stone steps . |
| 14 | He stood at the top of the stairs , looking back at Hilary — chunky , lively , absorbed — and at his paintings . |
| 15 | The mythic figure of the General — as portrayed in the War Memoirs — had known , from the moment he stood at the top of the Champs Elysées on 26 August 1944 , that the new leaders whom the war had brought to power would betray the cause of national renewal . |
| 16 | As he rushed onwards it lengthened and curved , until he stood at the edge of a cold volcanic cauldron , looking down at the mountain 's secret , a still , dark lake which gleamed green at the foot of the crags . |
| 17 | He stood at the edge of the slope , looking down the line of his cordon and into the turgid water . |
| 18 | He stood at the edge of the bed , looking down at her . |
| 19 | She could tell this by looking at his back as he stood at the bar ordering more drinks . |
| 20 | Evans got his blow in first as he stood at the door , ushered them into a large office overlooking the Kaiserstrasse . |
| 21 | He stood at the door of the bathroom , visualizing this most familiar of her rituals . |
| 22 | As he stood at the door trying to persuade her of the importance of other more pressing political issues , one of her cats shot out of the door , into the road and under the wheels of a passing lorry . |
| 23 | In light of this , he expected no reward but this day he knew he had received one as he stood at the door of a ward of children on whom he had operated , now sleeping peacefully and painlessly . |
| 24 | He stood at the centre of the Sun Chamber , and a terrible hush fell . |
| 25 | He stood at the stern of the yacht with his back to her . |
| 26 | Whenever he stood at the turn of the great stairs , with the entrance-hall and main door at his back , he knew he was facing the very worst the house could offer . |
| 27 | He stood at the barn door and watched the Gazelle finally lift off , its own lights rising up to slowly mingle with the stars . |
| 28 | The fertile combination of theory and practice was his own , however , and he stood at the head of a great group of people working on the new phenomena of electricity . |
| 29 | Alain came in as the doctor 's car left the house and he stood at the foot of the bed and regarded her sternly . |
| 30 | He stood at the bottom of the steps and looked up at her so fiercely that she stopped halfway down and felt quite uneasy , wondering exactly what she had done wrong . |