Example sentences of "used stand at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see it from where Abu Khadra used to stand at the edge of his fields in Barqa , although few people knew where Barqa was . |
| 2 | Every year on the Wednesday evening , after going up to bed , I used to stand at my window and gaze towards the fair some five hundred yards away , watching the flickering lights and hearing the screams and music , feeling quite sad that the show was over for another year . |
| 3 | In the store room next to the kitchen were a long table and shelves always covered with all sorts of provisions ; large earthenware jars full of confits of pork and goose , a small barrel where vinegar slowly matured , a bowl where honey oozed out of the comb , jams , preserves of sorrel and of tomatoes , and odd bottles with grapes and cherries marinating in brandy ; next to the table a weighing machine on which I used to stand at regular intervals ; sacks of haricot beans , of potatoes ; eggs , each one carefully dated in pencil . |
| 4 | ‘ Madame used to stand at the gate to the pavillon , looking down the lane into the rue Victorie , in the belief that Montaine 's absence could be accounted for . |
| 5 | We had to pick the bind out by hand , er the coal was all er sorted on the screens and er er a u u us lads , we used to stand at the side of the belts that were travelling round and tipping the coal into the wagons down below you see ? |
| 6 | Of many , in summertime we always used to stand at the top of the yards , you know , men and women . |
| 7 | Mr Brown grew up in Darlington where his parents , Mr and Mrs Allan Brown , still live in Coatham Crescent , and in his youth he used to stand at a vantage point near the Whessoe Road/ Honeypot Lane junction to watch the rally cars speeding on their way , never dreaming that one day he would be among them . |