Example sentences of "[pers pn] stood on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At an election rally in the Wembley Conference Centre in 1983 , I stood on a nail in my training shoes and it went nearly four centimetres into my foot . |
| 2 | If I stood on a street corner somewhere , someone could slip me a small packet in exchange for a fiver and in a few hours I 'd be slumped on the floor of a public toilet : a Drug Statistic . |
| 3 | I could hear the sound of rent cloth in my head , but I stood on a wooden chair while Lili pinned the seams closer , standing quietly like a broken horse to be saddled and bridled . |
| 4 | I would send it swooping over and under hers , or dive it down to the sands while I stood on a dune cliff , pulling the kite down to nick tall towers of sand I 'd built , then pulling up again , the kite trailing a spray of sand through the air from the collapsing tower . |
| 5 | I stood on the fringe of the little group for a few moments waiting for a chance to speak to Lovat . |
| 6 | I stood on the deck , watching the two spires of Dun Laoghaire receding into the distance . |
| 7 | As I stood on the walkway , the water level reached above my knees , and I waded along beside the wall in the direction of the lower door and the river . |
| 8 | ‘ When I stood on the first tee in the morning I could hardly see the fairway , ’ said the Atherstone club-mate and friend of Paul Broadhurst , the Ryder Cup player . |
| 9 | ‘ When we pulled out of Jaffa , I stood on the stern and looked out over the old city , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Just over five and a half years later , I stood on the same spot and watched the Israelis drive down the same road to be greeted in precisely the same way by the same Christians on the same balconies . |
| 11 | Recently I stood on the dereliction that is Lindow Moss in Cheshire . |
| 12 | I stood on the winner 's rostrum swathed in the Union Jack , the photographers ' light bulbs flashing , the crowd clapping , cheering , other Union Jacks being waved from side to side . |
| 13 | Certainly she presented me with my medal for the 100 metres and as I stood on the plinth she did not bat an eyelid . |
| 14 | In 1985 I stood on the quayside , shivering in the cold drizzle , to watch Arthur Hutton plant the hedge , closely watched by his grandson Martin , who hopes one day to follow his grandfather in keeping up the custom . |
| 15 | As I stood on the tufted grass , surrounded by natural beauty , I felt as if I 'd come to another world |
| 16 | I stood on the doorstep alone , pressing my lids together , breathing in , breathing out . |
| 17 | I stood on the step with my hamper . |
| 18 | When my holiday had the goodness to be over , I stood on the usual rush-hour bus and read a schoolboy 's comic strips over his shoulder . |
| 19 | I stood on the round wall and wound the handle as fast as I could , but when the bucket was still just out of reach , the rope kept slipping so I could not reach the bucket . |
| 20 | It was once full of treasures , but all I could think about as I stood on the battlemented roof , looking out over the Aegean , was that a disciple of Christ 's had sat in his cell in a little monastery half-way up the hill recording the extraordinary revelations he had been vouchsafed . |
| 21 | I stood on the parapet , looking out over the town of Swindon , willing myself to feel less disembodied . |
| 22 | At length I stood on the ground , up to my ankles in fresh-fallen snow . |
| 23 | As I stood on the footbridge I had a good view of the station . |
| 24 | I stood on the final tee with Ken Schofield and imagined the kind of pressure build-up the players were feeling . |
| 25 | She stood on a chair and I used to have to draw the lines round the back of her legs with a pencil . |
| 26 | She stood on a floor of trodden earth . |
| 27 | ‘ My private life , ’ she stood on a matter of principle to declare tartly , ‘ has nothing whatsoever to do with my work ! ’ |
| 28 | She stood on the pavement and pointed the spray can at the low brick wall of their front garden . |
| 29 | She stood on the embankment breathing in gulps of air as he stood awkwardly by her , then fumbled for a handkerchief and he saw that she was crying . |
| 30 | Dropping it , she stood on the ridge on the hillock , well away from the windmill itself , and placed her flags at the ‘ Ready ’ . |