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

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1 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 .
2 Joe stood up and came down the table towards Harriet Shakespeare .
3 The train slowed down as it reached the next station and the Punk stood up and came down the aisle towards them .
4 He stood up and picked up the candle and went wandering off into the shadows with it .
5 Jane Pargeter stood up and switched on the standard lamp beside her chair , standing with her arms akimbo , self-contained yet vulnerable .
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