Mother stood looking at them for a good long while.

Yes, but he could have been pretty sure that the child's mother wouldn't stand for the idea.

My mother opened the door and stood there looking at me.

When I opened them again, my mother was standing there.

Mother stood back to see the effect of the gift.

For several moments the young mother stood, looking down upon her child.

Its mother stood behind it, interested in something on the ground.

If his mother had been standing there, it would have made no difference.

Why, she wondered, and turned to the young mother standing next to her.

Not for the first time, he wondered how his mother could stand it.