Example sentences of "stood up [conj] [verb] [adv] to " in BNC.

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1 Miguel stood up and walked round to her , and said , ruffling her hair , ‘ He really did get to you , did n't he ? ’
2 Edward stood up and walked over to the window .
3 She stood up and walked over to the arch that separated the two rooms , taking her time to search the room for Mike .
4 Lewis stood up and walked over to the door , where he halted .
5 Cynthia stood up and walked across to the window , where she stared out across the busy London street .
6 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 .
7 She stood up and ran over to the bush where she had left her clothes .
8 The man finally stood up and went over to them imploring them to be quiet .
9 After a moment , he stood up and went over to the window .
10 He stood up and went over to an escritoire and took a piece of paper out of a drawer .
11 She saw him flex his ankle and wince , and she stood up and went over to him , kneeling down on the end of one of the sleeping-bags .
12 He stood up and went across to the stove .
13 ‘ Yes , ’ said Dierdriu , and stood up and came over to him .
14 He stood up and strode over to the window , leaving her totally confused .
15 He pushed away from me and stood up and stumbled over to a wooden chest , tearing one of its drawers right out so that it crashed to the carpeted floor and a load of jumpers fell out .
16 Blanche sighed , stood up and wandered over to the window .
17 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 .
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