Example sentences of "stood in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that she stood in a hazy dream , listening to the words that made them husband and wife . |
| 2 | Over a thousand men stood in a formed square on a muddy field somewhere in France , wondering if twelve weeks of training and ten days of ‘ acclimatisation ’ could possibly have made them ready to face the might of the German forces . |
| 3 | His apprentices stood in a respectful half-circle to watch , and a crowd of small boys — most of them children of members of the household — loitered in a shy cluster in a nearby doorway . |
| 4 | It was as if she stood in a noisy limbo ; all the yesterdays had gone as if they had never been and all the tomorrows were no more than a tantalising promise . |
| 5 | Originally it stood in a small church in Via San Pietrò which has long since disappeared , and was christened the ‘ Man of Stone ’ when it was repositioned . |
| 6 | Quiss came back to the table by way of another small , though taller , table over on the far side of the room , where a few dirty cups and cracked glasses stood in a small tin basin under a dripping tap . |
| 7 | They stood in a small circle and looked up at him , Dr. Howarth , Clifford Bradley , Miss Foley , Mrs. Bidwell . |
| 8 | Thus Aquinas , who stood in a long tradition which came to him through the teachings of the early canonists summed up in Gratian 's Decretum ( 1140 ) , was clear that every state had both the right and the duty to defend itself , its legitimate existence , and its rights when these could be legally proved ( ‘ It is legitimate to oppose force with force ’ , as Justinian 's Digest put it ) . |
| 9 | A six inch deep channel of water still flowed over their wader clad feet as they stood in a rough circle looking down at something in the mud . |
| 10 | The assembled crowd rejoiced at this unexpected joy , and Luch stood quietly unnoticed by the steps as they all turned away to where Abbot Kenneth stood in a perfect haze of delight . |
| 11 | Severed eyes are best potted individually in good clean garden soil and stood in a shallow bowl of water with their growing points submerged . |
| 12 | " Hullo my darlings , " Nicandra stood in a blinding shaft of sun , one hand held her shirt up to her chin , " How are you ? " |
| 13 | When Mr Salekh , a popular poet , stood in a two-way contest against Mr Karimov in December 's presidential election , he gained only 12 per cent of the vote . |
| 14 | Only Henrietta stood in a silent spasm , her entire body controlled by the Walkman which gripped her head and blared into her ears the sound of her own personal disco , reminding her , to her quiet fury , of the parties she was missing by coming on holiday with her parents . |
| 15 | My suitcase , I was interested to see , stood in a quiet row of others , accessible enough if I wanted it . |
| 16 | Next morning , at half past four , Anna Harland stood in a quiet road in front of a hotel . |
| 17 | The Latin papa , or Greek pappas , ‘ Daddy ’ , was used by early Christians of a bishop to whom they stood in a filial relation . |
| 18 | The defending Englishmen were clustered in groups of three at intervals around thirty yards apart , strung out along the stockade itself and its command lookouts ; in the stream that passed through the settlement , and bounded the headland where Belmont 's Great House now commanded the rise , they stood in a double row to bar access to the settlement by that approach ; in the mangroves at the mouth of the stream two young sentries kept watch , though the prevailing easterly breeze rendered it unlikely , the English commanders decided , that the islanders ' attack would come from the sea on that shore . |
| 19 | None of these cities stood in a direct relationship to the Capetians , and the people of the southern lands were sharply differentiated from those of northern France by language , law and custom . |
| 20 | The three stood in a momentary island of calm , whilst around them the fighting surged like surf beating up a beach . |
| 21 | At least 13 protesters were killed , most of them run over by tanks as they stood in a human cordon trying to defend the building , and 230 were injured ; a soldier also died , shot by one of his own men . |
| 22 | I stood in a short sling and laybacked over the bulge on a jammed stone into a smooth scoop . |
| 23 | Thus I do not for example think that there could be a human person ( which Christians must proclaim ) who stood in a different relationship to God than do all other human beings . |
| 24 | She stood in a large yard with a glass of white wine in her hand and it spilt down the front of her red dress when she jumped at the banging noise of a firework . |
| 25 | They stood in a tight bunch and craned their necks to see what was causing the commotion . |
| 26 | It stood in a little square with dying trees around it . |
| 27 | They came and stood in a little group , disciplined and obedient . |
| 28 | The piglets slowed their headlong gallop to a trot , then , as though controlled by telepathy , they all stopped at once and stood in a pink group in one corner , |
| 29 | I stood in a white wilderness , and perceived that to gather wood for burning in such conditions was not easy . |
| 30 | The house stood in a leafy street in the southern suburbs . |