The two long metal boxes of diamonds stood on Gabriel's desk.

He was known for occasionally standing on his desk while giving lectures.

The telephone had ceased to work: it stood there on my desk like a relic of better times.

Later he has the students stand on his desk in order to look at the world in a different way.

He was standing on his desk looking down at the crowded sidewalks below.

Taking up a telephone that stood on his desk he spoke a few words down it.

He took up the photograph of Fleur that stood on his desk.

I stand on my desk to remind myself that we must constantly force ourselves to look at things differently.

Fittich reached toward the portable television that stood on his desk.

Their he stood on the Clerk's desk and made an impromptu speech.