Example sentences of "[conj] she stand [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes she dreamed that she stood in the dock of some great court , accused of terrible crimes , at others that she was having to use all her skill to free Anthony of a capital charge and failing . |
| 2 | Penry reached out a long arm and drew her in front of him so that she stood in the shelter of his arms as he held the wheel . |
| 3 | She called again , moving out through the gate until she stood at the top of the lower garden that sloped down to the bay . |
| 4 | Nellie Tanner had reached Aggie 's front door and she stood over the dumpy , dark-haired woman . |
| 5 | It vanished completely as Alec opened the door for her and she stood on the threshold , looking into the dark , listening to the wind whining away outside the house . |
| 6 | She turned up when Laura was married in 1984 and she stood at the back of the church because she did not want to detract from the bride 's big day . |
| 7 | He went down the stairs , and she stood at the top of them screaming . |
| 8 | Up there on the top step , looking down on Lucenzo 's bright fair head , she felt as if she stood on the brink of a great change in her life . |
| 9 | It was after eight-thirty and in a few minutes the family would sit down to eat while she stood at the end of the table , still working . |
| 10 | But now I had come face to face with her four days after she stood before the House of Commons and declared that there were too many hospital beds in London , and that as a result , St Bartholomew 's Hospital , along with numerous others great and small , would have to close , merge or become emasculated . |
| 11 | It was red , and when she stood on the table and touched it , it looked like blood . |
| 12 | She was a good waitress , but when she stood by the tables , the men looked round her to see Aileen . |
| 13 | When he left , we watched from the Met Office windows as she stood at the salute on the edge of the perimeter track , until his aircraft was out of sight . |
| 14 | The tears had run down her face as she stood at the sink , washing up after tea . |
| 15 | And as she stood at the window she seemed to hear again , as clearly as she had heard it two days before , the sound of Henrietta screaming . |
| 16 | Now Sam looked at his wife as she stood at the end of the long , dark-panelled bedroom , her back to the window , beyond which olive trees rustled in a hot breeze . |
| 17 | It must , thought Fenella , snatching the spell off the wall and holding it between her hands as she stood at the silver door , waiting for an indication that the Robemaker had gone . |
| 18 | They stopped talking when Groa entered , and she could feel their eyes on her back as she stood at the window , watching . |
| 19 | Ilse Huber recognized him at once from his file photo as she stood at the barrier beside the security police . |
| 20 | It was her first visit to a city and she was taken aback by the volume of traffic — ‘ I had heard about this kind of thing , but it 's quite frightening close to like this , ’ she said , as she stood on the pavement in City Square and watched four lanes of vehicles jousting strenuously for position . |
| 21 | As she stood on the quayside looking , a little yappy dog scuttered up from the cabin snarling at her bare toes a few inches from the deck , and a woman in maroon trousers and a yellow and orange flowered bikini top bulged over with fiery red flesh looked crossly at Peony . |
| 22 | ‘ Happy Christmas , Doris , ’ she said as she stood on the threshold . |
| 23 | As she stood on the crimson carpet , hesitating , the chandeliers suddenly flashed on , dispelling the gloom . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , Fernando , ’ she breathed huskily as she stood on the edge of the pool . |
| 25 | Her face as she stood outside the register office , with that big municipal clock behind her , ticking off those first glistening moments of nuptial bliss . |
| 26 | At the moment , however , as she stood outside the door she had intended trying before , one trembling hand hesitating over the latch , Isabel could only think as far ahead as the next few minutes . |
| 27 | Fabia smiled , and discovered as she stood under the shower , that she was cheerfully humming a snatch of one of Dvořák 's Humoresques . |
| 28 | After all , she said so herself almost five months ago , as she stood in the doorway and bade me goodbye . |
| 29 | There was something glorious about her — almost Viking — as she stood in the centre of the room , tall and thin and fierce . |
| 30 | At least four of the men were watching her as she stood in the hall , yawning prettily and obviously bewildered by the disturbance . |