Example sentences of "she stand with the " in BNC.

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1 Most often she stands with the left foot forward ( a borrowing no doubt from the kouros , but it is not like his a full stride , rather so short a step as to seem like a dance-motion ) , left hand pulling the skirt to the side and letting a swag hang free , right forearm raised forward with an offering .
2 She stood with the door open behind her , so that the order of the hall could be properly seen ; she saw the policewoman taking it in .
3 She stood with the teapot in her hand and recited carefully : " Ha-yoke-lesteck-cop-toke-chock .
4 She stood with the quality of a wanton twelve year old and must have been , what , seventeen , eighteen ?
5 She stood with the cape drenched about her , the rain at her back , and knew she would never go back to the Lodge .
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