Example sentences of "to stand up [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He tried to stand up and fell back with a little snort of pain . |
| 3 | If the hon. Gentleman thinks that it is not , why does not he have the courage to stand up and say so ? |
| 4 | Someone has got to stand up and say enough is enough . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This , however , was a determined pack and we were not going to be put off by small obstacles like being unable to stand up or walk forward . |