Example sentences of "had to stand [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was one member whose sight was so bad that when she read she not only had to prop a second pair of spectacles on top of the pair already resting on her nose , but also had to stand under the standard lamp almost pressed against the light bulb . |
| 2 | So I had to stand outside the door |
| 3 | Senator McGowan 's chief concern was for ‘ the poor people of Fintown who had to stand beside the sod ditch ’ and whose future was now being jeopardised by people who ‘ wanted to get on the bandwagon ’ , but he complimented Councillor McCaffrey ‘ if he has shares ’ , though he said he had none himself . |
| 4 | There were so many mourners at the funeral that some had to stand at the back and listen to the service relayed by loudspeakers . |
| 5 | Though she was only a part-time whore who ‘ had to stand at the washtub next day . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I had to stand in the middle of this studio , the floor strewn with these bones and meat , and play guitar . |
| 10 | Gazzer only had to stand in the middle of the towpath and wait as the man approached him . |
| 11 | 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 . |