Example sentences of "stood [adv] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A porter stood idly by the lifts . |
| 2 | A scrawny boy , his hand wrapped up in a bloodstained rag , his clothes caked in mud , who looked sicker than some of her patients , and the pale , sullen girl who stood over by the teatrolley , shifting awkwardly from one foot to the other and looking as if she did n't have a brain in her head . |
| 3 | Glenda stood commandingly by the mantelpiece and took a cigarette . |
| 4 | Edouard stood back by the doors , watching her , his face oddly closed . |
| 5 | Constance stood awkwardly by the sink . |
| 6 | The Forcibles stood silently by the door , studying the departing customers — and exchanging particularly cold stares with Ten-huc and the pirates as they sauntered out . |
| 7 | He crossed the room and stood there by the door , his mind running through possibilities . |
| 8 | Even now as he stood there by the kitchen table he could see Caspar closing in on the weaker lamb , and he could hear that weird and terrible wailing of Lee 's . |
| 9 | Mr Lee stood firmly by the decisions that had been taken in collaboration with members of the RSSPCC , who had been involved from the beginning in the disclosure work with the eight W children who 'd been taken away then . |
| 10 | One six-year-old Our Gang refugee stood solemnly by the car , too-long pants concertinaed around his feet , holding up the officer 's revolver in both hands , covering the fat driver . |