Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] stand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cranston stood up and linked his arm through Athelstan 's as they went out to stand at the door whilst the ostler saddled their horses . |
| 2 | The statues in question are inseparable from the archaic series ; their freshness of surface suggest that they did not stand long above ground ; and it seems to me a reasonable conclusion that they were dedicated in the years immediately before the invasion . |
| 3 | At least they did n't stand there looking stupid : at least they had the decency to look shocked and horrified . |
| 4 | They did n't stand there any longer . |
| 5 | They did n't stand and talk . |
| 6 | In the face of Queeensrÿche they did n't stand a chance . |
| 7 | People could think what they liked about her mental state , as long as they did n't stand in her way . |
| 8 | In the face of Queeensrÿche they did n't stand a chance . |
| 9 | They did n't stand a chance . |
| 10 | So they decided that once the christening party was in the hall which was gon na be three o'clock , they did n't stand much chance of erm |
| 11 | Could n't really , stand out , yes , they did n't stand out as much exhibits as they would with another occasion something else . |
| 12 | Unfortunately no situations arose during field-work where the neighbourhood police were required to use these secondary recipes , although one did state how sympathetic he felt towards adolescents in parts of Easton because ‘ they do n't stand a chance ’ there , a feeling which easily translates into sympathetic handling of situations in which youths are involved . |
| 13 | They do n't stand a chance against a voice like his |
| 14 | As for movies which might use the old gothic mechanisms to haunt the imagination in more complex ways , to plunge you into the real nightmare of history , in the politically and morally conservative world of modern Hollywood it looks like they do n't stand a ghost of a chance |
| 15 | Oh yeah , they do n't stand for that today , you know . |
| 16 | I mean when we 're walking we are actually falling the whole time , but insects are not like that , they do n't stand on three and pick up the other three . |
| 17 | They do not stand up to even the briefest of scrutinies . |
| 18 | The great stations stand , if they do still stand , as towering monuments to that belief , public meeting-places where faith in the perfectibility of man by his own ingenuity and the blessing of a divine providence was daily affirmed . |
| 19 | I mean , after all the shit I gave them they 've really stood by me and me girlfriend as well . |
| 20 | Reports said that the Dec. 6 attack on the mosque was effectively abetted by the guards , some 200 paramilitary troops of the state-controlled Provincial Armed Constabulary ( PAC ) which was known for its pro-Hindu leanings ; they had allegedly stood aside and allowed militants to demolish the mosque 's structure . |
| 21 | A carriage clock lay smashed on the floor beside an art-nouveau lamp ; and the bedside table on which , presumably , they had both stood , had been split almost in two . |
| 22 | West 45th Street , in Manhattan , said he had not seen so many people intent on a show since the Mets had played the Houston Astros in the sixth game of the playoff for the National League pennant , and even then they had not stood so close up to the screen . |
| 23 | It meant that they had almost to stand on the air , flapping furiously , and then drop the last few inches . |
| 24 | That they had all stood and let him go . |
| 25 | However , one must remember that the number of plants reputed to relieve one condition or another is enormous , and that most of them have not stood up to critical investigation . |