Example sentences of "stand [adv] [prep] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not want to stand idly by and do nothing . |
| 2 | Does any hon. Member seriously think that , after Britain has signed up for a single currency , we could go to war on our own and expect the 11 countries who share the same currency to stand idly by and see the value of their currency wrecked , for ever depreciating , just because Britain was in one of its periodic warmongering fits ? |
| 3 | Jane Clark , 50 , said : ‘ I can no longer stand idly by and let him take the blame . ’ |
| 4 | Surely the world can not stand idly by and watch this country of eight million people go through the agony of war yet again ? |
| 5 | standing stiffly as if boxed by shadow : |
| 6 | The tragedy is that the Government have stood idly by and done little to prevent youth crime in general and this aspect of youth crime in particular . |