Example sentences of "and [noun prp] stood [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the drawing room Michael and Maria stood like cut-out figures in their dark servile clothes . |
| 2 | Sheila had not moved from the settee , and Morse stood in the doorway looking back at her : ‘ Do n't you know ? ’ |
| 3 | The King was on a royal throne near the entrance , and the two Bishops of Durham and Ely stood at his feet A good omen had encouraged Hugh for just as he reached the chapel steps he heard the choir in full voice chanting the words " Hail renowned bishop of Christ " . |
| 4 | Meredith and Markby stood by the hedge as the parade ambled past , the child at the rear , a minute figure compared to his charges , whistling , shouting insults and slapping the laggards on their muddy behinds . |
| 5 | He and Epitot stood to attention to let the convoy pass . |
| 6 | Fand and Liban stood at either side of the door , more stiff and still than ever . |
| 7 | Both France and England stood by the SARB in their hour of need . |
| 8 | Caspar and Fenella stood in the Workshops , with the wood-store behind them , their skin shrivelling and flinching and every sense assaulted by what was before them . |
| 9 | They walked together through Dobbs 's field and Tom stood by the gate and let him walk on his own up the lane . |
| 10 | At last , Amundsen and Bjaaland stood on the plateau behind the mountains . |
| 11 | John and Kenny stood in the doorway holding a huge wooden doll 's house . |
| 12 | Surprisingly , it did not feel too cold and Endill stood for a moment trying to see the end of it but it disappeared into darkness . |
| 13 | Sara and Matthew stood outside the house waving while a loud chorus of goodbyes fell around them . |
| 14 | The line of trees ended and Horne stood on the edge of the common , in the far distance the lowering mass of the Tower . |
| 15 | And Giovanna stood with her hand on the telephone which she had put down and spoke slowly , loudly , as though to an imbecile . |
| 16 | When the champions of either side met to fight spectacular duels in and out of the clouds , the rest of the war seemed forgotten ; even the men in the trenches paused to watch as the hosts of Greece and Troy stood by when Hector and Achilles fought . |
| 17 | The sergeant felt uneasy while he and Blanche stood on the drawbridge . |
| 18 | The green drift of Undersea thickened in shadowy streams round them and Adam stood in the prow of the boat , his gaze fixed fiercely on the island . |
| 19 | A year later another branch to Holt , ultimately Cromer , was completed and Melton stood at the centre of a minor railway junction . |
| 20 | Michael and Geoffrey stood in the Griersons ' front garden . |
| 21 | He closed the door behind him , and Shelley stood in the hall for a long time , one hand up to her untidy hair where Miguel had ruffled it . |
| 22 | Joe and Harry stood on the platform side by side . |
| 23 | The next second the light was gone and Martin with it , and Joe stood in the yard oblivious of the fact that he was without a coat and that the cold was seeping through his pullover , for his outer self was no colder than the feeling within him that had been evoked by Martin 's last words concerning his mother . |
| 24 | Caroline and Nicolo stood inside the Pantheon with their guide , a little man with a pedantic style and a phenomenal level of endurance . |
| 25 | As he stood in the torrential rain , and peered this way and that , the Mason and Garvey stood with their arms round each other 's shoulders , in the doorway of the inn , watching him in puzzled amusement . |
| 26 | The struggle therefore went on to keep the Unionist press alive , and in 1912 and 1913 both Aitken and Northcliffe stood by the party and gave valuable support in their papers . |
| 27 | Stalin and Trotsky stood to their left . |
| 28 | Elizabeth and Charlotte and Emily stood beside her , waiting for me . |
| 29 | It was all much as it had been the first time , only evening instead of morning ; and Emily stood by herself as before , and now he knew why , wearing his ring on another finger . |
| 30 | As the season progressed , so had the heat , and Huy and Merymose stood over the body with their heads wrapped in linen cloths to protect them from the sun . |