Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there 's half a dozen of them and there 's two of you , and there 's one person being mugged , erm then it 's better to stand on and watch , and report b back to the base here , who can inform the police , who can get the necessary assistance out to deal with it . |
| 2 | Among those in the party who would like to see a more accommodating approach is Ross Harper , a prominent Glasgow lawyer and one of two main contenders for the Scottish party chairmanship , if the present incumbent Lord Sanderson stands down as expected next year . |
| 3 | I am a sole practitioner and have been asked to stand down and make way as auditor of a limited company for a larger outfit , following a JMU visit . |
| 4 | And we used to stand down and leave it at that . |
| 5 | ‘ The answer is to stand off and let him play in front of you , rather than wrestling his way round the back . ’ |
| 6 | Because nothing in his work stands up and says : Look at me , look how true , beautiful , profound , etc . |
| 7 | If any Member wishes to object , he simply stands up and says ‘ object ’ . |
| 8 | And er , later of course , he became the American Ambassador of Vienna , so Freud met him , but so , so , Bullett had a personal stake in this , but I must admit , er my own view was , was rather to admire Bullett for his stand , because it 's a rare politician who stands up and says look , you know , we 've been there , having made promises , we 've broken all of them , and we ought to resign , or you ought to resign . |
| 9 | Nobody stands up and says that we should n't be in the business at all , we should get rid of all of them , so all the argument about how many . |
| 10 | Then she stands up and crosses to the other armchair . |
| 11 | He stands up and taps on the table for silence , intending to announce this new discovery , in the hope that it will cause yet more laughter , and increase his reputation for honesty still further . |
| 12 | She stands up and rubs her body up against me , stroking my still mostly limp cock . |
| 13 | Pitt stands up and asks if I want a full tour of the house . |
| 14 | Erm , what happens of course , is th that the lecture is brilliantly delivered , er , but , but , what happens is he , the chauffeur finishes two minutes early and the chairman , being excellent as a Chairperson , actually says , we have time for just one question , and er , someone stands up and asks the most dreadful question from the audience , and er , the chauffeur listens to the question , thinks , and th then says , that 's questions very easy , very easy indeed , that question is so easy , I 'm going to ask my chauffeur who is sitting at the back of the room |
| 15 | He stands up and extends his hand . |
| 16 | She lifts her eyebrows at me and then stands up and goes over to the sink . |
| 17 | GUIL stands up and looks over the audience . ) |
| 18 | He stands up and starts threatening Paul with an imaginary cattle prod . |
| 19 | It seems not , for Philip Swallow immediately removes his hand , stands up and moves to the window . ’ |
| 20 | When the time comes , the Minister stands up and moves ‘ that the Bill be now read a second time ’ . |
| 21 | He reaches into his bag , brings out a sandwich , then stands up and inspects it is the projector beam to see what it contains . |
| 22 | Confidence and in a way that attaches to also nerves , how to be able to stand up and appear confident , appear that you know what you 're talking about and you are you can confidently put your message across . |
| 23 | Try to stand up and demand that fear leaves your inner being , like an unwanted guest . |
| 24 | A willingness to stand up and promote his trade with gusto typifies Mr Smythe 's approach to his job as chairman his Association . |
| 25 | He needs excellent standing balance and selective leg movements to stand up and step into the bath , and even then he may need handrails on either side for stability and safety . |
| 26 | Erm they are going into the villages , they 're making contacts with individual peasants erm it 's those peasants that , that they get to stand up and make the first accusations , it 's those peasants who join the Party erm and the process can build up in , in a way which was more difficult before then . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not frightened of anything ! ’ she protested icily , suppressing a strong urge to stand up and thump him , willing her pulses to slow . |
| 28 | I did n't have to stand up and tell the whole truth of my heart unless I wanted to . |
| 29 | They were uncertain of her , she could feel it as surely as if they 'd appointed a spokesman to stand up and tell her so . |
| 30 | I , I , I 'd would teach them to stand up and tell them the truth , there do n't appear to be too many of them about these days |