Example sentences of "the [noun pl] stand at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the reason why the shareholders had to wait so long for a return was that the original capital had been only 10,000 guineas , and the Company financed itself by fairly short-term loans from the merchants with which it did business , so the shareholders stood at the end of a long line of creditors but could expect substantial returns on their money in the end if the Company survived . |
| 2 | ‘ As the rules stood at the time , the League had no choice but to order the game to be replayed over a full 90 minutes . |
| 3 | I ate the biscuits in one go and walked on to the boat , climbing up the decks to stand at the back . |
| 4 | I told you I saw her in the mornings standing at the bus stop . |
| 5 | We saw three banks but Barclays left the others standing at the post . |