Example sentences of "that stand on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most people who have travelled through the Monkton district of Ayrshire will have noticed the monument that stands on the high ground behind the Dutch House Caravan Park , and wondered what it is and why it is there . |
| 2 | Lutyens designed and Cartier made the clock of gold and blue enamel that stands on the chimney piece . |
| 3 | From the tarn , I followed my nose down to a cairn that stands on the shoulder above Deepdale Side where the view down Deepdale into Dentdale was so good that I sat and looked at it for a good half-hour until the thought that I needed to be home by late afternoon pushed me on down to the green lane of the old Craven Way . |
| 4 | Radnor Park , Mount Blow , the Holy City were blasted by incendiaries , and a solitary ME 109 flew up Kilbowie Road strafing the tram that stood on the swing bridge by the canal . |
| 5 | He told her Great-Uncle Hilbert 's ashes were the contents of an urn-shaped Crown Derby sweets-jar that stood on the drawing-room mantelpiece . |
| 6 | Already she had inspected the house that stood on the edge of the sea loch . |
| 7 | After an hour he came to a small roadside inn that stood on the crest of a shallow hill and , twisting in his saddle , he saw that the inn gave him a good view of the road right to the horizon so that he would see any French pursuit long before it represented any danger . |
| 8 | Lucy crawled out of bed around lunchtime , found her way up to the shower while Josie could be heard moving around in the kitchen , and could n't resist leaving aside her own hard soap and supermarket shampoo in order to freeload a few squirts and squeezes of the gels , mousses and lotions that stood on the tiled windowsill . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't bully me with your logic and your jargon , Tom ! ’ snapped Faye , reaching automatically for the brimming glass of sweet juice that stood on the small table beside her . |
| 10 | A maintenance man , with a garden fork and wheelbarrow , was tending the herbaceous border that stretched along the frontage of the flats and , in response to Morse 's question , he said he was one of a small team that looked after the three blocks of flats that stood on the eastern side of Water Eaton Road . |