He stood looking down at her for a moment, wondering what could have reduced her to this condition.

The man stood near the bent levi-clad body of the Indian who lay face down almost under the car.

Delphine stood like stone, her eyes alive with hate as she looked down at the sheeted corpse.

She had stood at the bottom of the stairs, as usual, when Mrs. Coolidge came down, in the same dress that is now in the Smithsonian, to greet her guests.

As they stood at the first-class rail, waving down to his wife and Casanova below, Lewis said, `` Earl, there is Gracie's future husband ''.

He stood very still, his arms at his sides, staring up at the heavens, then down at the blinking lights below.

She came to the ballroom and stood on the two carpeted steps that led down to it.

She stood up, smoothing her hair down, straightening her clothes, feeling a thankfulness for the enveloping darkness outside, and, above everything else, for the absence of the need to answer, to respond, to be aware even of Stowey coming in or going out, and yet, now that she was beginning to cook, she glimpsed a future without him, a future alone like this, and the pain made her head writhe, and in a moment she found it hard to wait for Lucretia to come with her guests.

He stood looking down for a few seconds, then backed up two or three paces from the edge.

She smoothed the skirt, sat down, then stood up and went back to the windows.

She stood indecisively for a moment, then walked down the hall ; ;

When the car, with Susan's hands waving wildly from the rear window, disappeared down the driveway, Lucy stood looking after its pale dust.

Pete stood by with a slide and took the smear, sent it down to the lab with a request for the test.

Eddie stood up abruptly, then sat down just as abruptly.

I let the engine idle then, and I got down and went around the wheel and stood beside it.

When the Church of St. Luke in the Fields was founded in 1820 it stood in fields south of the road ( now Christopher Street ) that led from Greenwich Lane ( now Greenwich Avenue ) down to a landing on the North River.

Dissent within the ranks of his own Golkar party and the military finally weakened Suharto, and on 21 May he stood down from power.

Although Tim Smith stepped down from the House of Commons at the 1997 General Election, both Neil Hamilton and Jonathan Aitken sought re-election for their seats, and were both defeated, in Hamilton's case by the former BBC Reporter Martin Bell, who stood as an anti-sleaze candidate, both the Labour and LibDem candidates withdrawing in his favour, amidst further publicity unfavourable to the Conservatives.

He stood down in August 2004.

In a much publicized wartime tragedy, the sinking of the USAT Dorchester, the ship's multi-faith chaplains gave up their lifebelts to evacuating seamen and stood together " arm in arm in prayer " as the ship went down.

At the junction between the inner and outer baileys, on the north side of the castle stood a tall five-sided keep, the eastern parts of which has been pulled down.

On August 30 of that year, Mike Powell of the United States, in a well-known show down against Carl Lewis, leapt at the World Championships in Tokyo, setting the current men's world record which has now stood for over 20 years.

Elections were held in March 2007, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was elected president and Vall stood down.

Fadden stood down in favour of Labor leader John Curtin.

Dr. Louis Lalaurie stood on the veranda at the head of the driveway and watched his carriage as it approached the pillared mansion.

He stood there staring with disbelief at the vacant desk.

He saw no life, but still stood there for a time peering at the unlovely hills, his gaze continually returning to Papa-san.

Inside, as soon as Mr. Skopas had disclosed -- in a hoarse whisper -- the detective's errand, his family gathered in a huddle, forming a mass of dark flesh on and around a brocaded sofa which stood at one side of a baroque fireplace.

He moved over to the desk and stood looking at the papers on it but not touching anything.

She stood there, a large old woman, smiling at the things she would say to him in the morning, this big foolish baby of a son.

Her house stood on a rise of ground, and before she got into her car she looked at the houses below.

Then he stood back to look at Mr. Jack, who was pulling on his pigskin gloves.

He had stood at a little distance, studying her, as though he would walk around next and look at the back of her head.

Beyond it I noted a small green column, about twelve feet below the present ground level -- the Serpentine Column, three entwined serpents, which once stood at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece.

We stood under a gigantic tree in the rolling country just outside of Moscow looking at silent flowers on the grave of a Russian poet and writer who cherished the love for his country to the point of foregoing the highest international honor.

The large statue on the first floor is believed to be the statue of Pompey at the base of which Julius Caesar was stabbed to death ( if so, the statue once stood in the senate house ).

I closed the last bag and stood all three at the door for the bellboy to pick up, then went to the bathroom for a drink of water.

The elderly chauffeur, immaculate in a dark uniform, stood stiffly at attention holding open the door of the town car.

I put in new batteries so as to be certain I'd have plenty of power and on my way out walked over to the regular parking stalls and stood looking at them thoughtfully.

The distance between where she stood and where Dave waited at the outside door was a hundred miles.

Net international reserves at the end of May 2002 stood at $ 9. 16 billion, up from $ 8. 6 billion ( 2001 ), $ 17 billion at the end of 2006, over $ 20 billion in 2007, and over $ 35 billion in May 2008.

At Texas, Clemens pitched 35 consecutive scoreless innings, a NCAA record that stood until Justin Pope broke it in 2001.

John Kufuor stood for the New Patriotic Party ( NPP ), won the election, and became the president on January 7, 2001.

Thomson stood as a Stuckist candidate for the 2001 British General Election, in the constituency of Islington South & Finsbury, against Chris Smith, the then Secretary of State for Culture.

* Established the high school and U. S. open mile record 3: 55. 3 as a senior in 1965, a record that stood as the high school record for 36 years until broken by Alan Webb's 3: 53. 43 in 2001.

Tim Danielson ( 1966 ) and Marty Liquori ( 1967 ) also came in under four minutes, but Ryun's high school record stood until Alan Webb ran 3: 53. 43 in 2001.

The stadium stood dormant for 10 years until it was finally demolished in 2001.

On 1 May 2001, the 347th Wing stood down as a composite wing and stood up as the 347th Rescue Wing ( 347 RQW ), becoming the Air Force's only active-duty combat search and rescue wing.

The population in 2001 stood at 582.

Montoya only finished six races, but he nevertheless won three pole positions and stood on the podium four times, including his maiden Formula One victory at the 2001 Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

As in 2001, he stood out for his forceful overtaking moves on the World Champion, although several times he lost places through clashing with the German.

The Freedom Party first stood in 2001 for Staffordshire County Council in Wombourne South West.

As a supporter of devolution he chose to move to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999, and stood down from the UK Parliament in 2001.

He stood down as a Westminster MP at the 2001 general election election in order to avoid splitting his time, in line with all of his colleagues who found themselves in a similar ' dual mandate ' position.

their descendants form the bulk of Bulgarian Catholics, whose number stood at 44, 000 in 2001.

Because of this, she stood as a candidate in the Strathkelvin and Bearsden Holyrood by-election of 2001.

In the 2003 Scottish parliamentary elections, she stood again in Strathkelvin and Bearsden on the same platform she used in 2001.

She stood down as an MP in 2001, to concentrate on the Scottish Parliament.

At the 2001 general election the party took about 3 % of the vote in seats it stood in.

However the newspaper always stood by its story, and on 19 July 2001 Archer was found guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice at the 1987 trial and was sentenced to a total of four years ' imprisonment.

The older trees gradually died off until by 2001 – 2002 the population stood at only one hundred.

Once Cochrane had closed, the massive cranes still stood over the skyline of Selby until 2001, when seriously strong winds blew them down.

' Socialist Outlook ' was used as the electoral name of the International Socialist Group when it stood four candidates as part of the Socialist Alliance in the 2001 general election.