Example sentences of "he stand up [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 He stood up and wriggled carefully .
2 As to that other matter — ’ he stood up and came round his desk ‘ — I do n't have to ask you to be discreet , do I ?
3 With a fluid movement he stood up and came across to tilt her rigid chin up with his thumb .
4 After a moment , he stood up and went over to the window .
5 He stood up and went over to an escritoire and took a piece of paper out of a drawer .
6 He stood up and went across to the stove .
7 He stood up and went out on to the landing .
8 So that she knew when he stood up and walked round to drop to his knees beside her .
9 George grew bored and picked fern leaves , stripping them , only leaving the stem , then he stood up and walked back the way they had come .
10 He stood up and walked down to the deep end as he spoke , then he dived in , surfacing at least halfway down the pool , then covering several more lengths in a leisurely crawl .
11 He stood up and strode over to the window , leaving her totally confused .
12 He stood up and picked up the candle and went wandering off into the shadows with it .
13 He stood up and picked up his chair in a sweeping movement .
14 He stood up and held out his hand .
15 He stood up and smiled down at her .
16 Really , his point made — a kind of behave yourself young lad , or you will come to a sticky end — he stood up and wandered back to the bar .
17 He stood up and pointed forward .
18 He stood up and moved restlessly around the cabin .
19 He stood up and moved away .
20 He stood up and moved stealthily and warily forward and Snizort saw , for the first time , the sleek , feline grace .
21 He stood up and moved aside , revealing a bank of small closed circuit television monitoring screens .
22 They smiled at each other , and he stood up and drew back her chair .
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