Example sentences of "stood at the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She followed the old route , through the walled garden at The Tamarisks to the path that curled down the cliffs to the five-acre plateau on which the Villa stood at the centre of an arboretum . |
| 2 | A year later another branch to Holt , ultimately Cromer , was completed and Melton stood at the centre of a minor railway junction . |
| 3 | He stood at the centre of the Sun Chamber , and a terrible hush fell . |
| 4 | The statue stood at the centre of the Hall of Celestial Destinies in Nantes spaceport , the huge , bronze figures raised high above the executive-class travellers who bustled like ants about its base . |
| 5 | King Edward of England sat in his purple silken pavilion which stood at the centre of his great camp on the green meadows beneath the formidable mass of Nottingham Castle . |
| 6 | By the way — ’ She opened her bag and drew out the incriminating tape , which she put down on the round antique table which stood at the centre of the hall . |
| 7 | He stood at the door of the bathroom , visualizing this most familiar of her rituals . |
| 8 | A woman stood at the door of the French window , half in the verandah . |
| 9 | When Tate took his leave , Eliot stood at the door of the drawingroom leaning on two canes ; Tate waved goodbye , and although he was not able to raise himself from the canes he smiled and made a movement with one hand . |
| 10 | Stretching and yawning , his daughter stood at the door of Dai Huang 's big house . |
| 11 | Oliver stood at the door of the room . |
| 12 | Shelley changed into a fresh dress and stood at the door of the villa . |
| 13 | In light of this , he expected no reward but this day he knew he had received one as he stood at the door of a ward of children on whom he had operated , now sleeping peacefully and painlessly . |
| 14 | Bunny , unshaven , stood at the kerb with the stage manager of the Empire . |
| 15 | The clergy educated under the dispensation of Charlemagne stood at the elbows of his successors like Old Testament prophets advising them how to rule — from the Old Testament . |
| 16 | Dundalk station , with its lovely garden , stood at the edge of town , close to the enormous Harp Lager brewery . |
| 17 | As he rushed onwards it lengthened and curved , until he stood at the edge of a cold volcanic cauldron , looking down at the mountain 's secret , a still , dark lake which gleamed green at the foot of the crags . |
| 18 | A blue Daimler stood at the edge of this area . |
| 19 | I stood at the edge of a circle of standing stones , each eight to ten foot high , with a massive central stone which leaned at a perilous angle . |
| 20 | A battery of guns stood at the edge of the village , some cavalry horses stood unsaddled in the street beyond , and a battalion of infantry was bivouacked in a field to the right of the guns , but otherwise the enemy was hidden , and so Sharpe stuck with his earlier estimate . |
| 21 | Li Yuan stood at the edge of the family tablet , the freshly inscribed name of his father cut into the whiteness there . |
| 22 | He stood at the edge of the slope , looking down the line of his cordon and into the turgid water . |
| 23 | Coffee had been brought in a huge white porcelain pot and matching white cups arranged around the white-painted table that stood at the edge of a huge paved terrace overlooking the endless sparkling blue sea . |
| 24 | He stood at the edge of the bed , looking down at her . |
| 25 | All Scottish sources of the period are full of descriptions of the actions of great men being taken with their ‘ kin , friends , allies , partakers , men and servants ’ ; that is , the nobles and greater lairds stood at the head of closely united and sometimes very extensive affinities . |
| 26 | Hundreds of people were there and I only saw the Queen at the beginning when she came out with Prince Philip and the Queen Mother and stood at the head of the terrace whilst a band played the National Anthem . |
| 27 | She stood at the head of the small table , waiting for her son and daughter to seat themselves on either side of her and then sat down . |
| 28 | It had long been held as a general axiom — quite incorrectly , as Catalonian experience showed — that entail caused a régime of short , unstable leases and once again stood at the head of the estorbos , the impediments to progress . |
| 29 | A male and a female who stood at the head of the profession have died lately , and it is supposed their places shall not be filled . " |
| 30 | A male and a female who stood at the head of the profession have died lately , and it is supposed their places shall not be filled . " |