Example sentences of "had stand in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He enjoyed the fury , not always speechless , of the good Conservatives who occasionally had to stand in the corridor , popping their eyes at this spectacle of enthroned privilege . |
| 2 | The same thing always happened to him at school if he was brought out to the front of the hall for talking in assembly , or if he had to stand in the aisle with his hands on his head for not paying attention in class . |
| 3 | He explained she had to stand in the wings directing the beam of a torch at a strategically placed mirror which would send a reflection of light dancing across the back-cloth of Never-Never Land . |
| 4 | I had to stand in the middle of this studio , the floor strewn with these bones and meat , and play guitar . |
| 5 | Gazzer only had to stand in the middle of the towpath and wait as the man approached him . |
| 6 | Several hundred mourners had to stand in the grounds where the service , conducted by the judge 's brother , Monsignor Laurence Higgins , was relayed outside by loudspeakers . |
| 7 | On that first Broadway night I had stood in the wings where he was absent-mindedly fondling the breasts of his frizzy-haired admirer , and to me he had looked just like any other dirty old man ; but then , as the royal fanfare sounded , he had twitched his grey gown , given me a wink , and walked into the stage 's glare . |
| 8 | ‘ I had scaled magic heights and found obscurantism , absence of hope , a world infinitely darker than I had ever imagined possible from where I had stood in the Gorbals . ’ |
| 9 | The Headmaster 's House had stood in the middle of fields , but it was now to be surrounded by educational plant . |
| 10 | If Pardy had stood in the middle of an empty field shouting and waving his placard , he would have committed no offence . |
| 11 | He had thought of Harry all the way out of Rome to Leonardo da Vinci , all the time that he had stood in the check-in line , all the time he had sat on the Alitalia , all the time he had stood at Customs and Immigration at Athens International , all the time in the taxi out to the Kifisia suburb . |
| 12 | He had stood in the centre of the tiny , cluttered upstairs room , looking at the paintings that covered the wall above the bed . |
| 13 | Mary described to Mick how the young girl had stood in the hall , her face cupped between her palms , and gazed about her , while the tears ran down her face and she kept muttering , ‘ Oh Martin ! |
| 14 | He had stood in the queue at Heathrow , a very new Condor on his back , eyeing others who were obviously preparing to go to warmer places than we were . |
| 15 | I had stood in the garden , and the wind , like a dressmaker , fitted my clothes to me , cold and indifferent . |
| 16 | They had stood in the dark until Peter had put his torch on , and then they had turned back , glad though , relieved , when they could light a match again . |
| 17 | One of the singers from the theatre had stood in the doorway declaring to the crowd who had gathered to watch that the Grenfell and Morgan boot and shoe emporium was providing the best leather goods in town . |
| 18 | Emmie had stood in the doorway , biting her nails . |
| 19 | Until then , Mellor had stood in the face of the scandal as each new wave rolled in , sucking the ground from beneath those famous toes . |
| 20 | Implexion had stood in the mud of the canyon , the pathetic tents being demolished around him by his militia . |
| 21 | Until 200 years ago it had stood in the Berlin Stadtpalais for which Fiedler had also executed the panelling , flooring and cupboards . |