Example sentences of "stood there [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William Darling stood there with a candle in his hand . |
| 2 | I stood there with a suit on my shoulder and said who I was . |
| 3 | I stood there with a mop at the side , and he sort of looked at me and all the water the came in ! |
| 4 | I stood there for a while in the damp grey afternoon and whispered : ‘ Godspeed . ’ |
| 5 | Adam closed the front door and stood there for a moment as if he could not wrench himself away . |
| 6 | He stood there for a moment and then said , in a gentler voice , " I did n't mean that the way it sounded … " |
| 7 | Tod stood there for a moment , staring at the clock 's face , and then the mirror 's face , with a sallow smile . |
| 8 | Fergus stood there for a moment . |
| 9 | She stood there for a moment in confusion , the lantern in her hand shedding a golden light on the creamy folds of her dress where the dark fur had fallen open over it , her hand to her eyes , shading them against the lantern light , her brow creased with puzzlement . |
| 10 | They stood there for a moment without speaking . |
| 11 | He stood there for a time , head bowed and in the end , simply said no . |
| 12 | It seemed that she stood there for an age before Nicky said , ‘ A cup of tea would be rather nice . ’ |
| 13 | I just stood there like a goof waiting for him to introduce her . |
| 14 | He stood there like a stone figure . |
| 15 | I stood there like a fool , watching him . |
| 16 | She was so startled that she just stood there like a dummy , and then , before she quite knew how it had happened , her wet sweater had been whipped over her head , a dry towel thrust into her hand and she was halfway into the hall . |
| 17 | Tim stood there like a schoolboy waiting to be dismissed from the headmaster 's study . |
| 18 | He stood there like an idiot as she clasped him by the arms and kissed him on the cheek . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , he just did , ’ Mitch muttered , ‘ and I stood there like an idiot , my mouth open and my camera not four yards behind me . ’ |
| 20 | A man stood there in a dressing gown . |
| 21 | But he stood there in a pew , with the flowers . |
| 22 | ‘ He just stood there in a cloud of smoke , ’ recalls one of the people first through the door after him , ‘ while they effed and blinded at him and told him what they thought of what had been going on in the hall . |
| 23 | You never saw such a frenzy as her frantic rush to dress herself , me pulling outfits from the wardrobe , she rejecting them as fast as they landed on the bed , trying on and discarding until she stood there in a stew of irritation and indecision in nothing but bra and panties . |