Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] [conj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each recruit had to stand up and sing a song in his own language . |
| 2 | A good resolution before you exchange contracts would be to stand back and have a really long look at the wood ! |
| 3 | We are having to stand by and watch a needless massacre because the UN ca n't get its act together . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not inclined to stand by and watch a marriage-breaker in action . |
| 5 | Stand up and make a positive statement . |
| 6 | Cos when we shared it out between three it was like if you just stand up and have a look along there . |
| 7 | It was fabulous because King Crimson had such a tremendous sound and such a tremendous image that for them to suddenly stand up and do a lot of Buddy Holly hits with Donovan singing vocals was really cute . |
| 8 | Shiny plastic and vivid purple padding on the waist and shoulder straps make the sack stand out and guarantee a closer look . |
| 9 | He wo n't stand back and negotiate a time to allow us to summon help . |
| 10 | ‘ Do say something , ’ Dorothea said , standing over and smiling a little . |
| 11 | Having dared , with one or two others , to open the door , I feel I 've been trampled in the rush and I 'm now standing up and waving a little flag saying , ‘ No , no , this is where we should be . ' |
| 12 | Two men were dancing , or rather standing around and twitching a little as the two boys danced around them , brilliantly , Harry noted . |
| 13 | Blufton stood up and plunged a pudgy hand into a concertina file . |
| 14 | She stood up and extended a hand to Katherine . |
| 15 | She gave a slight , sad smile , stood up and took a few paces round the bedroom . |
| 16 | She stood up and took a roll of bills out of her purse . |
| 17 | A week later he was in the chair at a meeting of the Humanist Society when he suddenly had a vision of Bill Brice looking down at him from the moulding in the corner of the ceiling with a crown of thorns on his head , and look of sweet forgiveness on his face ; whereupon he stood up and made a long , confused speech about the hunger for God that gnawed inside each of us , however stiff-necked and jeering we might be ; which caused great embarrassment to all those present , and even greater embarrassment later to progressive theologians on the staff , who felt that such old-fashioned emotive conversions could only undo all their good work . |
| 18 | The ambassador and his wife were very pleasant , and as the Ambassador stood up and made a very impressive speech in Chinese , I thought him a distinct improvement on his confrère in the Hague ! |
| 19 | Himmler stood up and put a hand on his shoulder . |
| 20 | She stood up and stifled a yawn . |
| 21 | Aubrey stood up and rested a hand on Harry 's shoulder . |
| 22 | He stood back and glimpsed a face at an upstair window so he knocked again and after a delay he heard someone coming down the stairs . |
| 23 | The tall woman struggled and continued to call out , until Britta stood back and administered a stinging slap to her face . |
| 24 | He stood back and gave a little bow . |