Example sentences of "stood [adv] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1889 Schnadhorst 's own candidature in Newcastle under Lyme was approved but he stood down in the following year because of ill health . |
| 2 | The hon. Gentleman 's contribution stood better in the traditional approach of the House in the past two decades to issues relating to consumer affairs . |
| 3 | Benny stood patiently in the big bathroom while the back of her neck was washed . |
| 4 | He stood more in the classical Christian tradition , which insisted that self-knowledge and knowledge of God are intimately connected , but that they are not at all the same thing . |
| 5 | Meryl finished her own meal and stood up in a leisurely fashion . |
| 6 | ‘ Leather 's a bit stiff at first , ’ said Tom as Willie stood up in a solid pair of brown ankle-boots . |
| 7 | — A Chinese officer in a uniform more than adequately equipped with polished belts , straps and full holsters stood up in the front passenger seat of the car like George Washington crossing the Delaware , shouting dictatorially . |
| 8 | Xanthe stood up in the narrow space between the bed and the door in Miranda 's room , and said , ‘ You look rather ‘ beatnik ’ . |
| 9 | He stood up in the controlled , fluid style she was beginning to recognise as peculiarly his , and came around the desk again . |
| 10 | The Princess stood out in the cold and waited . |
| 11 | He was just quietly walking into the wall , while the rest of us stood around in an awkward half-circle . |
| 12 | The two men stood silently in the huge kitchen . |
| 13 | Constance stood there in a simple white dress , and in the twilight she looked like a slim young girl holding out welcoming arms to her guest . |
| 14 | They stood there in a frightened cluster . |
| 15 | She stood there in a full , swirling coat of silver-grey silk . |
| 16 | She stood there in the hot road in front of the prison door , and waited . |
| 17 | He stood there in the crowded classroom , half listening to Mrs Willmot , and thought of the inexorable process going on all round him — the lives whose courses were being decided at this moment , behind the innocent-seeming chatter , the smiles , the faintly carnival atmosphere of families having a day out . |
| 18 | Zen stood there in the elegant and spacious sitting room , listening to the insistent voices of the glass and steel coffee table supporting a spray of glossy magazines , the pouchy leather furniture over which a huge lamp on a curved stainless-steel pole craned like a vulture , the silver plates and the crystal bowls , the discreetly modern canvases , the shelves lined with works of literature , the expensive antiques , the handwoven rugs on the gleaming parquet floor , the baby grand piano with a Mozart sonata Iying open on the stand , the fireplace piled high with logs . |
| 19 | He stood there in the empty room a moment , frowning , hearing only the laughter from the terrace outside . |
| 20 | Her short blonde hair whipping round her face in the breeze , Ronni turned back to fix her eyes on the jetty , which was drawing ever closer as Jeff 's motor boat approached it , and focused with growing interest on the imposing tall , dark figure who stood there in the bright Sardinian sunshine . |
| 21 | George locked the baggage car door behind us and we stood again in the quiet horse car which looked homely and friendly with the horses ' heads poking forward over the doors . |
| 22 | They stood quietly in the light rain , and more than half of them sucked at their ice creams . |