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• He had purchased the land on which my lodge stood, and that of our graveyard also. —  Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk
• Where it had stood, a new building emerged, nothing like as big, but far more important. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
• Not far from where she stood was a newspaper vendor selling today's edition, and she could easily make out the headline announcing the town council's decision to acquire property on which to build a new middle school. —  Hooper, Kay - Whisper of Evil
• Then there they stood, these large cops, staring at a pile of vests until the Bomb Squad detectives arrived fifteen minutes later. —  Hard News
• Between was an open space in which the stove stood, and when classes were drawn up to recite, the teacher's desk stood at the end facing the door, and so enabled the teacher to take in the school at a glance. —  Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago

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