Example sentences of "he stood [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We told Frank that we would support him if he stood up to the little tyrant , that he would feel better if he did , citing our own experiences , mine in particular . |
| 2 | He stood up with a muttered curse of impatience , and when the lightning flashed a little while later she caught a glimpse of his hunched back . |
| 3 | He stood up in the controlled , fluid style she was beginning to recognise as peculiarly his , and came around the desk again . |
| 4 | He stood off from the left-hand window and kicked the big bottom pane , pulling his foot back before it interrupted the fall of glass , then kicked again to clear the residue . |
| 5 | In 1889 Schnadhorst 's own candidature in Newcastle under Lyme was approved but he stood down in the following year because of ill health . |
| 6 | She did not see him at once , as he stood back from the coiling smoke . |
| 7 | I believe at Glastonbury he would have blended well with the bill : at Finsbury Park he stood out like a sore thumb . |
| 8 | He stood out like a sore thumb for Sheff Utd , I think I even remember him from his Palace days . |