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

`` You mean anyone who stood up for his rights '', Curt said.

His face was dark as the sky above it as he stood on the wing and waited for his pilot.

My own stern hand has rent the ancient bond, And thereof shall the ending not have end: But not for me, that loved her, to be fond Lightly to please me with a newer friend Then hold it more than bravest-feathered song, That I affirm to thee, with heart of pride, I knew not what did to a friend belong Till I stood up, true friend, by thy true side ; ;

Again omitting recent developments, E.T. Leeds' dictum of 1913 has stood unchallenged: `` So far as archaeology is concerned, there is not the least warrant for the second ( shore occupied by ) of these theories ''.

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

And those without beards would have stood out as not dressed for the occasion.

As for this rider, I never saw him before or afterwards and never saw him dismounted, so whether he stood tall or short in his shoes, I can't say ; ;

When enough time had elapsed so that there was little likelihood of his returning for something he had forgotten, Harold went out into the hall and stood looking into one room after another.

Watson ran up the ladder and stood for a second sucking in the cool air that smelled of mud and river weeds.

She had begun to turn back toward the house, but his look caught her and she stood still, waiting there for what his expression indicated would be a serious word of farewell.

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.

The doctor stood about, waiting for Alex to dress, with a show of impatience, and soon they were moving, as quietly as could be, through the still-dark hallways, past the bedroom of the patronne, and so into the street.

unwarranted they were in any case for, as he stood facing the fille de chambre, his ears were assailed by new sounds from the interior of the shower room.

The pace could now be accelerated, for the inhabitants of the Aegean stood on firm ground.

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.

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 seventeen men stood and stared at him for a moment longer.

It was so utterly unexpected that Marty stood for several moments with his mouth hanging open foolishly after it had happened.

For moments he stood in water, shivering and gasping for breath.

He stumbled to the middle of the road and simply stood there, waiting for them, a perfect target.

She stood for a moment, rain dripping from the trees over her head, thinking of Maude.

I stood there, staring at her for a moment -- thinking mostly of her beauty and her poverty.

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

Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus, prefect of the city, father-in-law of the murdered emperor, being at that moment in the camp to which he had been sent to calm the troops, began making offers, when Julianus, having been roused from a banquet by his wife and daughter, arrived in all haste, and being unable to gain admission, stood before the gate, and with a loud voice competed for the prize.

Lukić replied that as of that moment the tally stood at 22.

It was a very meaningful moment, where former Prime Minister Abu Mazen, myself, Prime Minister Sharon and His Majesty, the King of Jordan, stood up and pledged to work together.

Rowena stood for a moment before coming downstairs, looking startled by something or someone she may have seen in the open door of the library, and then dropped the flower vase she was holding.

At last week's All-Star game in Detroit, 50, 000 fans stood and observed a moment of silence.

Nelson stood over Hollis's body for a moment, then limped toward the agents ' bullet-riddled car.

He stood up at the last moment and proclaimed " I'm not dead yet!

She took that hand and the two stood speechless for a moment.

Hundreds stood and waited patiently for the moment at which they would see television for the first time.

Prior to the Premier League Snooker matches on 12 October 2006, players Jimmy White, Ronnie O ' Sullivan, Ken Doherty and Ding Junhui, along with referee Alan Chamberlain and commentators Willie Thorne and Phil Yates, all stood for a moment of silence to remember Hunter.

He stood before us, suspended above the earth, free from all its laws like a work of art, and I knew, just as surely and clearly, that life is not a work of art, and that the moment could not last .”

The cars had a mechanical starter, which would begin operating the moment anybody stood on the running board.

Peter I ’ s last surviving daughter, Elizabeth, long in the sidelines sensed this as her moment to obtain power and led the coup against Anna Leopoldovna and Ivan VI, imprisoning or banishing all who stood in her way

His face, though not handsome, was sturdily expressive, with massive features and ' troubled, streaming, silvery hair, that looked as though it had been contending with the blasts of winter '.... His power as a speaker stood acknowledged in the admiration of both Houses .... Like all men of impetuous impulse, he was very restless ; one moment pacing to and fro the space behind the Speaker's desk, another giving the grasp of his hand to some younger Senator, the next taking active part in the debates of the day ....

In one memorable moment during this controversy, the entire opposition NDP caucus stood and with great gusto sang all the verses of God Save the Queen in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.

Parker stood at the plate for a moment to watch the flight of the ball, and started to run as soon as the ball hit the wall ; Giants right fielder Candy Maldonado appeared to throw Parker out at second, but second base umpire Dutch Rennert called Parker safe.

“ The slave went free ; stood a brief moment in the sun ; then moved back again toward slavery ”, wrote W. E. B.

Sensing the danger of the moment, Lü excused himself and stood to leave the palace.