Example sentences of "he stand [adv prt] [conj] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood up and seemed to roll on the balls of his feet . |
| 2 | Without a word , he stood up and began to dress . |
| 3 | When he lowered Grainne on to the pile of thick fur rugs before the fire , he was trembling , but when he stood up and began to unfasten his own clothes , he did so with a calm sureness and a gentle authority . |
| 4 | He stood up and began prowling around the room , touching objects , focusing his attention on anything but her . |
| 5 | He stood up and began moving restlessly around the room , fiddling with books and ornaments and adjusting the glasses and cutlery on the table laid ready for their meal . |
| 6 | He stood up and began to run along the deck . |
| 7 | Now , he stood up and began to pace purposefully round the room , making Ari 's head whirl as she tried to follow him with her eyes . |
| 8 | He stood up and began to pace restlessly round the room , stopping occasionally by the door to squint out through the perspex porthole , by the table to lean across it and impale her on his eyes , or by the wall where he sent his hands into spirals of explanation . |
| 9 | He stood up and began to pace , like a restless lion . |