Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv] stand " in BNC.
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1 | Alice smiled and nodded , and got up to stand at the window , looking out . |
2 | ‘ Stay there , ’ he said and got out to stand close to the vehicle . |
3 | Egypt is a very humbling place , with its larger-than-life statues and obelisks serenely standing since before the time of Christ , and the mammoth pyramids whose blocks of stone weigh up to forty tons each ; this is a land which inspires constant awe and disbelief . |
4 | He moved agitatedly across the room and then turned and came back to stand over Briant 's chair . |
5 | His eyes narrowed on her face , he put his cup down , stripped off his apron , and walked slowly to stand beside her chair so that she was forced to look up at him . |
6 | When they get back to their own places they go to the middle and pick up a ‘ pearl ’ and go back to stand in their places . |
7 | I rose , bid him good evening , and went outside to stand in the road and enjoy the scents of darkness and the sight of the moon . |
8 | A dark , cowled figure came in and went up to stand in the Lady Chapel . |
9 | And do n't stand so close to the edge . ’ |
10 | I tell you I will make a gentlewoman of you if you be obliging and do n't stand in your own light . |
11 | I 've got , I 've got to sort out all of Aaron 's stuff get rid of that and that can go towards my new bedroom and do n't stand on his feet . |
12 | He remained MP until 1741 , and did not stand again . |
13 | The high society platinum beauty brought up in a secluded hot-house may look a million dollars on the show stand , but is all too liable to fall flat on her face at the first pinprick of adversity and does not stand a chance unless she is cocooned in protective sprays . |
14 | Many Christians can recognise secularism and have boldly stood up against it . |
15 | In clay and heavy soils the risk is increased that the hole will then hold water for considerable periods , with the plant and stake actually standing in water . |
16 | I still believe we were right , but do n't stand too near to me — just in case . |
17 | ‘ Quite impossible … but do n't stand in the street . ’ |
18 | But do n't stand it in direct sunlight . |
19 | ‘ But do n't stand on the line , Bobbie ! ’ |
20 | Known to be pro-Syrian , he had earlier argued against the boycott , but had unsuccessfully stood as a candidate for the National Charter List party in the Bekaa . |
21 | If there exists a word which stands in a paronymic relation to one occurrence of a word form , but does not stand in the same relation to a second , syntactically identical occurrence of the same word form in a different context , then that word form is ambiguous , and the two occurrences exemplify different senses . |