Example sentences of "stand up [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I usually stand up when a lady enters the room ( if the lady in question is one of those battling Berthas from Bermondsey who staff the Informer office , her subsequent confusion delights me ) , and I have always been anxious to place my education and superior talents at the service of the Radical Left .
2 Being told to do things like not run in the corridor , or stand up when the governor comes in .
3 They stand up as the PLAYER whips off their cloaks preparatory to execution . )
4 The balloons will then stand up and the base will look like feet .
5 Chapters 4 to 6 are art historical , interpreting about 800 years , beginning with a time when a miniaturist copied approved models with almost or actual religious obedience , and ending in a period in the early Renaissance when an illuminator does not even stand up when the Chancellor of France enters the room or when John of Holland can complain that Jacquemart de Hesdin has stolen his private pattern sheets in 1398 .
6 Luckily his depression passed before he started offering to clean the blackboard or standing up when a teacher entered a room .
7 When she got back to the bench she saw that she had knocked over one of the shopping bags when she had stood up and a carton of eggs had dropped to the ground .
8 Jack stood up as the Glory rocked to and fro .
9 He stood up as the door swung open .
10 And she stood up as the song ended , clapping with all her might .
11 I stood up as the Sergeant approached .
12 Everybody stood up as the Corporal walked in .
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