Example sentences of "stood at the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did you call the police ? ’ he asked , as he stood at the kitchen door watching her brew Darjeeling . |
| 2 | Not yesterday , Peter thought grimly , as he stood at the kitchen table laying the tea tray with his mother 's china ; but certainly last week or the week before . |
| 3 | He stood at the barn door and watched the Gazelle finally lift off , its own lights rising up to slowly mingle with the stars . |
| 4 | A woman stood at the tavern door , shouting at the crowd . |
| 5 | It stood at the north end of Duke Street , flanked by the park on its north and west sides , and was designed by Soane in 1829 . |
| 6 | WITH the ice cracking and groaning underfoot and the wind etching their faces , Robert Swan stood at the North Pole and turned to the woman for whom he had just walked to the end of the earth . |
| 7 | Commons sources confirmed that on Thursday Mrs Thatcher stood at the despatch box with a television monitor nearby to see how she appeared on television in the chamber . |
| 8 | As a small boy , growing up in Liverpool , I stood at the Pier Head and marvelled at the huge Atlantic liners berthed at the world 's largest floating landing-stage . |
| 9 | She stood at the drying frame with her box of pegs and her tub of washing . |
| 10 | He stood at the lit window of his hotel room and saw his own reflection , and beyond it the room , and in that ghost-world the image of Tom Carey walking to and fro , a glassy shadow . |
| 11 | It must , thought Fenella , snatching the spell off the wall and holding it between her hands as she stood at the silver door , waiting for an indication that the Robemaker had gone . |
| 12 | Just four weeks ago , as they stood at the dockyard gate he had said , ‘ Ta-ra well , girl . ’ |
| 13 | He recalled the ancient baptistery which stood at the east end of the church , where the bodies of the archbishops had lain , and where the trials by ordeal had taken place . |
| 14 | Our house stood at the east end of the rue Victorie , where the shops give way to workshops . |
| 15 | While Jimmy stood at the reception desk counter , both arms spread out on it backwards in the same pose that he had adopted at the bar counter earlier that evening , Duvall simply stood two feet by his side , watching him . |
| 16 | People gathered in groups outside the burger place ; others went to buy cigarettes from the Indian shop on the corner and then stood at the bus stop . |