Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] stand " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet Alice kept thinking that Pat , no matter how committed she sounded now , did not really stand by Bert . |
| 2 | While the procedure was to some extent artificial and led to conclusions that did not always stand up to later study , it did at least mean that the different forms of early Christian teaching could now be admitted for discussion , and the possibility of real conflict between opposing views recognised as a natural and proper element in the development . |
| 3 | But this time , once in a millenium , they do not simply stand outside a lighted window , looking in at what they 've lost . |
| 4 | Aesthetic and romantic ideas of the beneficent properties of ‘ natural ’ remedies do not always stand up to the realities of practical life . |
| 5 | Index terms do not always stand alone , but are sometimes defined more precisely by the use of both qualifiers and scope notes . |
| 6 | Those of us who did n't join up until 1943 , either because we were too young or like me in a reserved occupation , did n't really stand much chance of promotion , not unless we were absolutely brilliant and not many of us were that . |
| 7 | ‘ I mean … they did n't really stand much of a chance , did they , sir ? ’ |
| 8 | Well , do n't just stand there , Lilian dear . |
| 9 | Do n't just stand there watching ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there ! ’ he yelled . |
| 11 | A Shamen show is designed so you do n't just stand and stare at the band : and though the live act might be the heart of the show , the spectacle of Colin ( cropped Aberdeen curls , Trotsky shades ) , and Will ( shoulder length braided locks , shabby green fatigues ) is only part of an evening of light , music and effects that now involves around ten people . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there gaping , ’ bellowed the Headmaster . |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't just stand there girls ! ’ bellowed Miss Hardbroom , ‘ Catch the creature ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't just stand there shrieking at me ! |
| 15 | ‘ Well then , do n't just stand there talking about it … do it ! ’ |
| 16 | But do n't just stand there looking brave , press the trigger of yer gun and spray some slugs around . |
| 17 | Doctor , do n't just stand there smiling like an idiot . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there ! |
| 19 | Do n't just stand there ! |
| 20 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there and bloody watch me . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't just stand there , you bove , ’ snapped a slim woman in a black catsuit . |
| 22 | " If I 'm going somewhere I do n't just stand . |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't just stand there , ’ said the sword ( in a voice like the sound of a finger dragged around the rim of a large empty wine glass ) . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there , say something — like it 's wonderful , fabulous ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't just stand there , ’ he said , ‘ find out what the hell she means , say something . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't just stand there , ’ she said . |
| 27 | Do n't just stand there ! |
| 28 | Lucie turned waspishly on his daughter : ‘ Do n't just stand there . |
| 29 | Do n't just stand there like a dummy . |
| 30 | ‘ Well do n't just stand there . |