Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] stand [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Better not stand about . ’ |
| 2 | I think Mr Wright realises he has produced a piece of special pleading that does not wholly stand up , but it is difficult not to feel sympathy with his assertion : The past can not be changed , but what we make of it certainly can . |
| 3 | ‘ Let's not just stand here then , ’ said Santa , ‘ Let's have a scrumptious Christmas lunch . ’ |
| 4 | Aesthetic and romantic ideas of the beneficent properties of ‘ natural ’ remedies do not always stand up to the realities of practical life . |
| 5 | Indeed the habits of our civilised forebears at work and play would not always stand up to the scrutiny of the modern conscience . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This will not always stand up to present day expectations about democratic management . |
| 8 | Index terms do not always stand alone , but are sometimes defined more precisely by the use of both qualifiers and scope notes . |
| 9 | Chapters 4 to 6 are art historical , interpreting about 800 years , beginning with a time when a miniaturist copied approved models with almost or actual religious obedience , and ending in a period in the early Renaissance when an illuminator does not even stand up when the Chancellor of France enters the room or when John of Holland can complain that Jacquemart de Hesdin has stolen his private pattern sheets in 1398 . |
| 10 | The computer model at Britain 's Meteorological Office predicts that the fires ' effect on this year 's monsoon will probably not stand out against the monsoon 's annual variations . |
| 11 | Well , do n't just stand there , Lilian dear . |
| 12 | Do n't just stand there watching ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there ! ’ he yelled . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there gaping , ’ bellowed the Headmaster . |
| 15 | Something about them made him feel deeply afraid , but he knew that he could n't just stand there . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't just stand there girls ! ’ bellowed Miss Hardbroom , ‘ Catch the creature ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't just stand there shrieking at me ! |
| 18 | ‘ Well then , do n't just stand there talking about it … do it ! ’ |
| 19 | But do n't just stand there looking brave , press the trigger of yer gun and spray some slugs around . |
| 20 | Doctor , do n't just stand there smiling like an idiot . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there ! |
| 22 | Do n't just stand there ! |
| 23 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there and bloody watch me . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't just stand there , you bove , ’ snapped a slim woman in a black catsuit . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there , say something — like it 's wonderful , fabulous ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't just stand there , ’ he said , ‘ find out what the hell she means , say something . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't just stand there , ’ she said . |
| 29 | Do n't just stand there ! |
| 30 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |