Example sentences of "[noun sg] stand at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he had the opportunity to stand at the counter with one of his mates and talk about other things . |
| 2 | Again a scientist stands at the point which has at present been reached within a long tradition of enquiry . |
| 3 | Mr Campbell commented ‘ The most important recent development in ordinary shares was the reverse yield gap which at present stands at the alarming value of 4 ¼%.; |
| 4 | All women qua women should be strictly excluded from entering the sanctuary where the priest stands at the altar . |
| 5 | It seems to me however that the terms presumption and exception as national guidance stands at the moment go together in the context of greenbelt . |
| 6 | The nine-foot figure stands at a new development in Dockwray Square , North Shields , Stan Laurel 's home for 10 years . |
| 7 | Now he hardly glanced up at the dressing-gowned figure standing at the door . |
| 8 | Then , staring across the moonlit yard , she saw his tall figure standing at the top of the slope leading down to the river . |
| 9 | The second man was seen by a witness standing at the entrance to Martlesham underpass at the A1214 roundabout at about 11.30 am on Thursday , February 11 . |
| 10 | There was this big , fat woman with at least four chins and a huge fat neck standing at the ironing board . |
| 11 | If we allow women to celebrate Communion , we break the traditional idea that the priest standing at the altar is a visual representation of Jesus . |
| 12 | Old Den stood at the opposite side of the grave with Tommy Drennan , each with a cord ready to help lay Celia and Dermot Murphy to rest . |
| 13 | Myles edged in , hands twisting the brim of his hat , while the young priest stood at the door looking curiously on . |
| 14 | ‘ You said someone who had been travelling through snow stood at the back of the church . ’ |
| 15 | A minibus with the words ‘ Conway House ’ emblazoned across its side stood at the entrance , its driver talking to Sybil and David . |
| 16 | ‘ Believe me , Brother , God 's angel stands at the threshold , the flailing rod of divine retribution in his hand . |
| 17 | The village stands at the terminus of the great trench occupied by the inland Loch Maree , the river forming a link . |
| 18 | Lay the coat , zip or buttons up , on the floor or a chair and get the child to stand at the ‘ head ’ end . |
| 19 | More typically , the individual child stands at the teacher 's desk , muttering or stentoriously chanting for a few minutes , until checked by the ticking of a card which is slipped into the reading book at the page he or she has reached , or is expected to reach " by next time " . |
| 20 | He recalled with amazement , as if it were years ago , his first shocked vision of the adult Irina , the shaggy , sullen , unkempt ‘ gipsy ’ girl standing at the door of Red Cottage who had not spoken to him , and whom he had even conjectured to be mentally defective . |
| 21 | I remember his telling us how the first time he encountered stress incontinence was as a young boy standing at the foot of the ladder while a little old country woman handed him down apples from the tree . |
| 22 | Buchanan stood up , putting on his coat as Warden stood at the same time . |
| 23 | Roscarrock Hall stood at the southern end of the village of Polruan , occupying several acres of terraced fields , outbuildings and woodland . |
| 24 | The Upper Mill stood at the western end of the village , and was always a corn mill . |
| 25 | The revenue derived from taxing unemployment benefit , and the relevant part of an unemployed claimant 's supplementary benefit stood at an estimated £600 million in 1985–6 . |
| 26 | Here the now extensive Lightpill Mill site stands at the confluence of the Nailsworth Stream with a smaller one that runs down from Rodborough Hill . |
| 27 | They crossed the room to stand at the other side of the bed . |
| 28 | Moreover , there is not so much to smell when you are flying high up and away from the scents and aromas that cling to the Earth — or even if , like man , your nose stands at a height of five or six feet , rarely bending towards the ground . |
| 29 | The smith stands at the side but only his arm survives on the edge of the sherd ( fig. 14.23 ) . |
| 30 | The mute swan population stands at the highest it has been for 40 years . |