Example sentences of "stood up [conj] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood up and let his rifle butt slip to the ground . |
| 2 | He stood up and kissed his forehead . |
| 3 | Then he stood up and kissed his brother 's hand . |
| 4 | At the other end of the line Frau Nordern did much the same , then stood up and stuffed her brief-case with various documents . |
| 5 | He listened for a moment to their angry shouts and the occasional thud of their rattan canes , then he stood up and jammed his pith helmet squarely on his head ; automatically his hand checked the presence of his bone-handled knife in its sheath . |
| 6 | He stood up and tousled her hair playfully and she refused to look up at him . |
| 7 | She stood up and raised her hand , but before she could slap him roundly on his face she felt her wrist caught in a vice-like grip . |
| 8 | The congregation stood up and raised their open palms to their ears . |
| 9 | Ken Stevens stood up and folded his newspaper . |
| 10 | And he stood up and stretched his neck with his characteristic tortoiselike movement and turned toward the door . |
| 11 | But without a word , Ernie stood up and followed his brother unsteadily out of the bar , leaving a slightly embarrassed silence behind . |
| 12 | I became conscious of where I was and what I was doing so I quickly stood up and dried my eyes . |
| 13 | She stood up and lifted her skirt . |
| 14 | As she came nearer , I could see that it was indeed Anna , and I stood up and yelled her name across the chaotic traffic of August tourists and pushy little French cars . |
| 15 | Newman moved her hand , stood up and pressed his own hand on her shoulder to keep her seated . |
| 16 | She stood up and clapped her hands loudly until everyone was looking up from their work . |
| 17 | She stood up and twisted her hair round her head in a long rope , pinning it high . |
| 18 | Then she stood up and led her friend to the door . |
| 19 | With a gesture of annoyance at something Paul Lexington had just said , Bobby Anscombe stood up and banged his hand down on the table . |
| 20 | At last when the man 's legs were freed and he too was carried out to the waiting ambulance , Rachel stood up and flexed her cramped muscles . |
| 21 | Mathers stood up and checked his pockets for car keys and cigarettes . |
| 22 | Sir Daniel Sefton stood up and extended his hand across the desk , smiling the warm friendly smile that was virtually his trademark . |
| 23 | She stood up and tested her ankle . |
| 24 | She stood up and took her empty plate into the galley . |
| 25 | He stood up and took his coat from the chair over which it had been casually thrown . |
| 26 | After a minute she uncrossed her legs , stood up and made her way past Melissa to the bathroom without meeting her eye . |
| 27 | He stood up and made his way to the trio . |
| 28 | They sat still for a second , then Evans stood up and pushed his chair back and the others followed . |
| 29 | Captain Seru stood up and put her hands in her pockets . |
| 30 | He stood up and put his cigarettes in his pocket . |