Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh pn] stand at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Alice Fernie and Stanley Curtis who stood at the Fernies ' gate . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And in such situations it is usually the unpaid office holders who stand at the top of the hierarchy and who give orders to their wage-earning staff |
| 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 | Are you aware that the array of funerals , commonly made by undertakers , is strictly the heraldic array of a baronial funeral , the two men who stand at the doors being supposed to be the two porters of the castle , with their staves , in black ; the man who heads the procession , wearing a scarf , being a representative of a herald-at-arms ; the man who carries a plume of feathers on his head being an esquire , who bears the shield and casque , with its plume of feathers ; the pall-bearers , with batons , being representatives of knights-companions-at-arms ; the men walking with wands being supposed to represent gentlemen-ushers , with their wands : are you aware that this is said to be the origin and type of the common array usually provided by those who undertake to perform funerals ? |
| 6 | 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 . " |
| 7 | 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 . " |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | He was watching Stella who stood at the fireplace , leaning against the armchair in which Potter now sat holding court . |
| 11 | 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 . |