Example sentences of "stood [adv prt] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood up but stayed behind Vanessa , his hands on her upper arms , her red hair brushing his face . |
| 2 | A little old lady was sitting by her front doorstep stroking her cat one afternoon when the cat stood up and strolled across the road towards the park . |
| 3 | Beside him , Kegan moved , stood up and coughed self-importantly . |
| 4 | I stood up and gazed along the barrel of the Bren gun and could n't help smiling to myself and thinking that Taff was at his funniest when he was annoyed about something , even though our circumstances at the moment were anything but funny . |
| 5 | They stood up and gazed across the garden . |
| 6 | Masklin stood up and gazed around . |
| 7 | He stood up and gazed round the tavern . |
| 8 | I stood up and gazed at a small pile of my toys which had been thrown to one side of my cupboard . |
| 9 | She stood up and told the meeting that she agreed . |
| 10 | We sat and drank our tea in silence then Dad stood up and told me to tell Mum , when she returned , that he 'd gone to have one last talk to the relief officer . |
| 11 | Now she stood up and began to march restlessly round the room , swinging her long gun by its handle . |
| 12 | Now , he stood up and began to pace purposefully round the room , making Ari 's head whirl as she tried to follow him with her eyes . |
| 13 | The moment that red ball began to flatten , she sat on a rock and strained to see along the flat road , along the plain leading to Siena , and sure enough she saw a black dot which grew larger and became a single horse and then she stood up and began to run towards it , waving and shouting . |
| 14 | Miss Ellis stood up and began to button her coat . |
| 15 | She stood up and began to clear dishes from the table . |
| 16 | Then Marcus stood up and began to unbutton his shirt further . |
| 17 | He did not attempt the removal of the pyjama jacket , but suddenly stood up and began to pull the red trousers down and get them off ; and it seemed that Patrick , shifting very slightly , assisted the operation , his eyes now moving in awareness of what Marcus was doing . |
| 18 | I stood up and began to walk impatiently up and down the cell in the darkness . |
| 19 | Matilda stood up and began to say the two-times table . |
| 20 | He stood up and began to run along the deck . |
| 21 | She stood up and began to pace the floor . |
| 22 | When he lowered Grainne on to the pile of thick fur rugs before the fire , he was trembling , but when he stood up and began to unfasten his own clothes , he did so with a calm sureness and a gentle authority . |
| 23 | He stood up and began to pace restlessly round the room , stopping occasionally by the door to squint out through the perspex porthole , by the table to lean across it and impale her on his eyes , or by the wall where he sent his hands into spirals of explanation . |
| 24 | She stood up and began pacing restlessly to and fro along the balcony . |
| 25 | She stood up and began clearing the dishes away from the table , dumping them in the sink and then hurriedly washing them in some soapy water . |
| 26 | Claire stood up and began walking around the room , idly picking up one of the many calculators lying around , her hand trailing over the volumes of books on the shelves . |
| 27 | He stood up and began prowling around the room , touching objects , focusing his attention on anything but her . |
| 28 | Suddenly unable to sit still , she stood up and began pacing the floor until she ended up sitting by the phone . |
| 29 | She stood up and began to gather the plates , remarking as she did so , ‘ When I 've washed these dishes it 'll be time to leave for the hospital . ’ |
| 30 | He stood up and began moving restlessly around the room , fiddling with books and ornaments and adjusting the glasses and cutlery on the table laid ready for their meal . |