Example sentences of "he stand with his [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stands with his weight on the right foot , his face lightly turned in that direction . |
| 2 | Only then did he stand with his back to the fireplace and look about the room . |
| 3 | He had come into Merrill 's office ostensibly for paper-clips , and now he stood with his back towards her , staring out of the window on to the rain-swept traffic below . |
| 4 | He stood with his back to the wall , head up , challenging , his eyes cold and defiant . |
| 5 | He stood with his back to the fireplace , still glowing with the remains of last night 's fire . |
| 6 | He went out of the room , into the corridor and into his room and there he stood with his back to the door , his mouth wide , gasping at the air , still in fright , yet knowing that in some way he had emerged as if out of a deep canyon . |
| 7 | He stood with his back to the open window . |
| 8 | He stood with his back to her , watching a percolator . |
| 9 | He stood with his back to the sitting-room door , leaning against the door-frame . |
| 10 | Maggie was shown into a very expensive flat that overlooked the river and she had one of her rare glimpses of the owner as he stood with his back to a roaring fire and regarded her through eyes that were just as sharp as they had ever been in his youth . |
| 11 | He stood with his back to the fire , dominating the room and as if trying at the same time to dominate Sarella 's thoughts . |
| 12 | He stood with his back against a wall and closed his eyes . |
| 13 | For a moment he stood with his hand on the courier 's shoulder , as though that were a link , however tenuous , with his son . |
| 14 | At the funeral , Cameron 's stepmother played the cello while he stood with his arm around Alexia , feeling drained and empty . |
| 15 | He stood with his hands in his pockets and she realised she had been so taken up with her seemingly childish pursuit that she had not even heard the car arrive . |