Example sentences of "[adv] and stand up " in BNC.
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| 1 | He swallowed thickly and stood up wobbling slightly . |
| 2 | He pushed the table back impatiently and stood up . |
| 3 | He put the chains down and stood up . |
| 4 | Decisively she set the glass down and stood up . |
| 5 | This is a pattern to prepare for the movement of sitting down and standing up . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm working on it , ’ Chief Inspector Salter gathered his papers together and stood up . |
| 7 | After a while , I pulled myself together and stood up . |
| 8 | As soon as she had forced down the last of her food , she pushed her plate away and stood up . |
| 9 | He pushed his plate away and stood up , came towards her , looming over her once more . |
| 10 | She drained her glass quickly and stood up . |
| 11 | Then he 'd have rolled her aside and stood up , panting . |
| 12 | " Yes , I suppose so , " Ben pushed his chair aside and stood up . |
| 13 | He flung the bedcovers off and stood up , shaking and staring wildly into the darkness , trying to identify the threat , knowing it had to be the Corsican and bracing himself for the shotgun blast that would cut him in half , disembowel him , blow his head off , send it bouncing across the floor of the bedroom . |
| 14 | Then she pushes the blanket off and stands up . |
| 15 | She folded her work carefully and stood up , backing away . |
| 16 | The thoughtful look on his face did not change under Dr Dunstaple 's abuse , but he frowned slightly and stood up a little straighter , evidently waiting to hear what else Dr Dunstaple had to say . |
| 17 | He pushed his chair back and stood up . |
| 18 | Tammuz pushed his chair back and stood up . |
| 19 | Sabrina pushed her chair back and stood up , her eyes blazing . |
| 20 | She pushed her chair back and stood up , one hand across the bulge of her stomach and the other holding the small of her back . |
| 21 | When Adam did n't respond , he scraped the chair back and stood up . |
| 22 | Crushing the cigarette stub in an overflowing ashtray , the officer pushed his chair back and stood up . |
| 23 | He tried to sit casually on the edge of his desk , farted loudly and stood up again . |
| 24 | The 35-year-old gave birth to his son a year ago and stood up for her husband during his trial . |
| 25 | ‘ I du n no , ’ she said moodily and stood up , balancing on one leg . |
| 26 | The gluteus maximus muscle in the buttocks makes it possible to pull the legs back , push the hips forward and stand up straight . |
| 27 | Then , seeing the hinged clouds fold down to reveal God and all His angels , the wife would look once and look again and stand up and point and clutch her apron to her mouth … |
| 28 | Amanda uncoiled her legs again and stood up . |
| 29 | Unconsciously she drained her coffee , thanked Simon again and stood up . |
| 30 | As we pulled through a grove of bedraggled trees , the horse shied violently and stood up on its hind legs , neighing , between the shafts , so that we were tipped backwards . |