Example sentences of "stood at the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stood at the door and stared . |
| 2 | I stood at the door and looked up , but the windows were dark ; she had gone to bed . |
| 3 | The minister stood at the door and shook the hand of each member of his congregation , with a kindly word for each boy and girl . |
| 4 | When Marjorie went back into her own garden , Emmie stood at the door and heard her say , ‘ Nick , it 's too ridiculous , they ca n't go on like this , that child 's worn out . |
| 5 | And , the children were in there erm doing their P E and er he went stood at the door and watched them and he was quite happy . |
| 6 | They filled the pews , stood at the back and sides and spilled over into a side chapel and the parish function room where the ceremony was relayed by video . |
| 7 | I stood at the window and looked down into the street . |
| 8 | And when the train started she wished she could close her cars too , because Nick stood at the window and sang . |
| 9 | Bunny stood at the window and stared wearily down into the lamp-lit street . |
| 10 | In the city , I stood at the window and identified the cars as they breezed by . |
| 11 | Picking Gwen Bear up from the bed , and hugging the soft toy to her for comfort , she stood at the window and stared out at the cloudy night sky . |
| 12 | A big boy and-a big girl , eleven-plus age , she stooping with embarrassment , stood at the lectern and read alternatively the brief , fairy-tale bits of Matthew and Luke . |
| 13 | He stood at the urinal and peed fiercely at the white ceramic wall , streaked with rusty tear-stains from the corroding pipes . |