Example sentences of "stand up and [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lifts her eyebrows at me and then stands up and goes over to the sink . |
| 2 | The chance to be her own boss , to give free rein to her design flair , to stand up and reach out for the stars … finally that chance was hers . |
| 3 | He tried to stand up and fell back with a little snort of pain . |
| 4 | If the hon. Gentleman thinks that it is not , why does not he have the courage to stand up and say so ? |
| 5 | Someone has got to stand up and say enough is enough . ’ |
| 6 | He put different shapes and sizes of enclosure inside the larger pen , and found the expected mothers readily went into an enclosed but generously bedded area , slightly larger than the space needed to stand up and lie down . |
| 7 | When I hear people attacking Arthur Scargill , militancy etc , I remind them that a militant is only a moderate who has learned to stand up and fight back . |
| 8 | You either stand up and walk out and go to a different class , or you join in . |
| 9 | Just stand up and get out . |
| 10 | You just stand up and get out , but h what happens if and when something happens with your legs and you ca n't do that , how would get out then ? |
| 11 | Stand up and sit down in your normal way and see if you can notice any habitual tendencies ( anything which occurs every time ) . |
| 12 | And , and draw it , and stand up and think how you 're going to do it , and maybe you sort of , you know , sit here or something , when I 've gone and face the window and say , that 's North , and I must make sure I get it set up , get this the right way up and , |
| 13 | In the end , I stand up and move away . |
| 14 | ‘ Please stand up and recite as much of it as you can . ’ |
| 15 | But will any of them stand up and say so ? |
| 16 | I suddenly heard a movement outside the window , and saw Heathcliff stand up and walk away . |
| 17 | When do you stand up and sit down ? |
| 18 | Er has been to see me about it , but I 've said that the initiative for farm watch has got to come from them , I said , we 're not gon na stand up and draw up a load of support and expect us to service the damn thing , I said it 's up to you and your members to do it , and I still think he 's trying to get us to do it via the back door , He 's been to talk to me now about it , and I 've told him exactly what I want to do and that we we 'll be involved , but it ai n't gon na be a police run scheme , it 's gon na be a farmer 's run scheme with police support locally . |
| 19 | Until any woman can stand up and say freely , without the fear of social reprobation , that she does n't want a child , then no women is free to ‘ choose ’ to have a child either . |
| 20 | Can I , can we ask you to , can I move you forward , forward , that way or would you like to stand up , stand up and come round |
| 21 | Mad Eric has personalised his scum top by wearing the collar standing up and ironing down the front corners to make it look like a cravat — he now looks like Victorian Dad out of Viz. Berk . |
| 22 | ‘ And now I 've given my message , ’ said Joe , standing up and picking up his hat . |
| 23 | He pulled it off and felt the cold air bite into his hot skin , his scanty hair standing up and waving gently in the breeze . |
| 24 | Then , standing up and leaning back into the shadow , she flung the jharo with all the strength she possessed across the border of flowers and into the dark pool of space beyond the firelit roof . |
| 25 | Benjamin was the first to recover his wits , standing up and pushing back his chair . |
| 26 | Biff asked coldly , standing up and peering down into the darkness . |
| 27 | Trolley safe from the Heinz Baby Club 's Safety Catalogue is a two-inch wide polyester webbing belt , which is fully adjustable and will restrain babies and children , preventing them from standing up and falling out of a trolley , or tipping it over completely . |
| 28 | Apart from standing up and sitting down there 's nothing at all to do . ’ |
| 29 | He wanted to do a Beatle medley and for that we made four cut-out caricatures of The Beatles in hardboard and painted them and then fitted them on frames and easels so that they could be stood up and moved around . |
| 30 | If I could have foreseen the progress of events over the next two years I would probably have stood up and run directly back to Boulogne . |