Example sentences of "stand [prep] her [adv prt] to the " in BNC.

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1 The chosen person stands with her back to the rest and throws the ball over her head without looking to see where it lands .
2 She 's standing with her back to the window and I can see a sort of thin blue light round her body .
3 I kicked the slippers that were there waiting for me out of the way and then we saw her standing with her back to the fire .
4 Fenella was standing with her back to the silver door , watching the Melanisms .
5 Anya is now standing with her back to the fireplace .
6 She had taken her last look at this obscure outpost of the Soviet Union and now stood with her back to the low sun .
7 She stood with her back to the wall , sheltering from the rain : a sober , respectable woman in a burgundy coat and white knitted cap .
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