Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try to stand up and demand that fear leaves your inner being , like an unwanted guest . |
| 2 | She , and all the other residents with the courage to stand up and defend decent values on behalf of their families and communities , deserve more support than they are receiving from the Government . |
| 3 | The difference is the stress you experience when you have to stand up and address other people . |
| 4 | He wondered how many people in all the mental hospitals in the country — or the world " , — come to that — were really fallen Warriors who had either cracked up from the strain of trying to live in this hell-hole , or simply made the wrong choice and thought that the test was just seeing through the whole thing and then having the courage to stand out and make that challenge . |
| 5 | This allows a premier cru to stand out and get appropriate recognition even if it should be considered a grand cru . |
| 6 | It is much more important that the student is given an understanding of a conceptual structure , and is able to take up stances within it , to understand something of the fundamental debates taking place within it , to see the difference between sense and nonsense , and to stand back and form critical evaluations of the wider social role of the form of thought . |
| 7 | He had ordered Rose to stand by and cut more squares ready for when Effie entered the second stage , and would be conscious and suffering again . |
| 8 | If you stand up and walk ten steps |
| 9 | I still get jelly in the belly , Joe , when I stand up and face those bods . ’ |
| 10 | Finally , before deciding on a style for your window , stand back and take another look at its size in relation to the rest of the room . |
| 11 | Finally , stand back and have another look at the fish … is it really as good as you first thought , or have you become less impressed with it , the more you have been close to it ? |
| 12 | I am not a mouse , she thought , and I will not stand by and watch this idiocy . |
| 13 | ‘ I know what you say is true , Melody , but I ca n't stand by and allow this wedding to go ahead . |
| 14 | Now she stood up and pushed both hands into the pockets of her jeans . |