Example sentences of "can [adv] [adv] stand " in BNC.
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| 1 | but I ca n't simply stand here and be drowned by this horrid stuff ! |
| 2 | ‘ Because you 're sitting there , all beat up , in a real mess , ca n't even stand up , let alone walk , and all you can talk about is getting out of here . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm ill , ca n't you see , I ca n't even stand ! |
| 4 | So I have to do something because I ca n't just stand idle and let my kids die . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't stop such outrages but I ca n't just stand by and let them continue . |
| 6 | cos we ca n't just stand by and watch her fade away can we ? |
| 7 | The typically inner shape is high and wide so you can at the least sit up comfortably — in some of the models you can just about stand . |
| 8 | ‘ Look , Mum , ’ he said , ‘ I can just about stand Christmas dinner as a family get-together . |
| 9 | Whatever your scenario in December , what is being brought home to you is that you can no longer stand on the sidelines of your own life . |
| 10 | Jane Clark , 50 , said : ‘ I can no longer stand idly by and let him take the blame . ’ |
| 11 | We can no longer stand by and let this happen . |
| 12 | WE ARE members of Darlington 's Leukaemia Unit Fund committee who can no longer stand by and watch our dream dissolve . |