Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she stands up and crosses to the other armchair . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | GUIL stands up and looks over the audience . ) |
| 4 | It seems not , for Philip Swallow immediately removes his hand , stands up and moves to the window . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But her assessment of my ability to stand up and shout in a crisis is pretty much a front . |
| 7 | ‘ One of the things that attracted us to him is that he is someone who is willing to stand up and speak against something that he believes is wrong . ’ |
| 8 | In the reflection phase , the learner stands back and looks at what he has done in the investment phase . |
| 9 | He just stands back and looks at them ! |
| 10 | Short hair stands out when gelled at the roots . |
| 11 | He was prepared to stand out and fight on their own , and let the people of West Ham say who should represent them . |
| 12 | In addition , our use of our mother tongue is often so automatic and habitual , and so much a part of our individual and social identity , that help is needed to stand back and reflect on aspects of language with some degree of objectivity . |
| 13 | It is the perfect time to stand back and look at how the beauty of nature can enhance your surroundings . |
| 14 | This is the impact that a speaker has when they stand up and speak to a group of people . |
| 15 | Sarah stand up and come over here . |
| 16 | Stand up and wait for silence . |
| 17 | And the more you stand back and look at it , the clearer it is . |
| 18 | In the past , they were willing to participate in local events , stand about and chat with the neighbours and generally act like good neighbours . |
| 19 | But if birdsong , babbling streams and chopper blades could be slung between heavy-duty percussion — they reasoned — maybe these noises would stand up as tunes in their own right . |
| 20 | She had intensive physiotherapy treatment every day on a one-to-one basis , and gradually recovered her balance , so that she could stand up and walk with some help . |
| 21 | When in the grip of writer 's block I might stand up and walk to the window and look out . |
| 22 | He makes the world stand up and speak to one . |
| 23 | And could n't stand up and went like this ! |
| 24 | It is the only way the women of West Belfast are able to actually able to take on further education and if you ca n't stand up and fight for that then West Belfast is not working . |
| 25 | Surface-dwelling rodents like guinea pigs and agoutis , in contrast to their burrowing relatives , can run almost as soon as they are born , and the calves of wildebeest , born while the herd is on migration , can stand up and trot after their mother within five minutes of dropping to the ground . |
| 26 | And , quite frankly , I think that that women these days have very little time in which to indulge themselves in their own hobbies and interests , and I think women should stand up and say to the government , no you will not inflict this responsibility upon us ! |
| 27 | Graham , when he came to pick me up , would stand back and burst into song , like that man in " Gigi " : " Why , you 've been growing up before my very eyes ! " |
| 28 | You will stand around and look at me , you here , you there , you next to her , you two there . |
| 29 | We can not stand by and wait for the equivalent of the Apple Macintosh to create a second empowerment of our students . |
| 30 | The 1910 dispute , which is particularly well documented in the press as well as in manuscript sources , enables us to see that on this occasion at least , the women did not stand by and wait for it to be resolved over their heads . |