Example sentences of "who stood at the " in BNC.
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1 | who stood at the gate of the year , |
2 | To begin with , there were the ‘ Novices ’ , young boys of around 9 , 10 and 11 , who stood at the front of the ‘ end ’ and whose major occupation consisted of watching the activities of the older youths behind them . |
3 | I went into Fortnum and Mason and then across the road to speak to a gentleman dressed in very fine livery and top hat who stood at the entrance to Burlington Arcade . |
4 | I SAID to the man who stood at the gate of the year , ‘ Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown ’ . |
5 | ‘ Just what do you mean , the London to Glasgow train terminated at Crewe ? ’ asked the leading hand of the two Wrens who stood at the counter . |
6 | Great numbers might drift through the drama , of course — thousands in fact — but they could only ever be phantoms , agents or , on rare occasions , reflections of the three real and self-willed beings who stood at the centre . |
7 | who stood at the end of summer |
8 | He was watching Stella who stood at the fireplace , leaning against the armchair in which Potter now sat holding court . |
9 | A male and a female who stood at the head of the profession have died lately , and it is supposed their places shall not be filled . " |
10 | A male and a female who stood at the head of the profession have died lately , and it is supposed their places shall not be filled . " |
11 | At Alice Fernie and Stanley Curtis who stood at the Fernies ' gate . |
12 | But Downes appeared not to hear the supplementary questions , and Dixon nodded to the constable who stood at the door , the latter now making for the canteen on a less than wholly specific mission . |
13 | She stared at the people in the pool , who had all seemed to respond to the whistle and were looking at someone who stood at the poolside , someone obscured from Rachel 's vision by the attendant 's tall chair . |