Example sentences of "stand [adv] and look " in BNC.
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| 1 | For George Eliot , as for Dickens in the case of Chesney Wold , to stand outside and look in is to perceive a perfect picture ; to stand within and look out is to experience a moral chill . |
| 2 | For George Eliot , as for Dickens in the case of Chesney Wold , to stand outside and look in is to perceive a perfect picture ; to stand within and look out is to experience a moral chill . |
| 3 | GUIL stands up and looks over the audience . ) |
| 4 | In the reflection phase , the learner stands back and looks at what he has done in the investment phase . |
| 5 | He just stands back and looks at them ! |
| 6 | Because we are immersed in the culture of the modern world as actor-participants , it takes an effort of will to stand back and look clearly with Christian discernment . |
| 7 | It is the perfect time to stand back and look at how the beauty of nature can enhance your surroundings . |
| 8 | So instead , what I do is just stand outside and look through the window . |
| 9 | You can hardly see your hand in front of your face and er I mean there was no way to fight the fire , so I mean all we could do was sort of stand back and look 'cos we were up There was about At that stage there was twenty or thirty of us standing in this north west corner of the platform . |
| 10 | And the more you stand back and look at it , the clearer it is . |
| 11 | Stand here and look up at the River Esk a famous salmon fishing river ; and across the river at St. Mary 's church , at the top of 199 steps , furnished by local shipwrights . |
| 12 | At every gig we went to , there was a woman there — that 's what we wanted , we liked to see women hanging around the star attraction of the group because he was good-looking and he did stand out and look good on stage . |
| 13 | You will stand around and look at me , you here , you there , you next to her , you two there . |
| 14 | You can stand here and look at all these trees which come from all over the world , and we 're open all year round and there 's always something to see , and the views are spectacular . |
| 15 | I remember Trevor [ Howard ] just standing up and looking at him , mouthing a bad word and walking out of the room . |
| 16 | And I am not really sure of it at all , she thought , standing up and looking about her . |
| 17 | She quickly dropped one into each saucer before standing back and looking at Beth with a forlorn expression . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've never known such a miserable bride , ’ she went on , standing back and looking at me with some affection , but more disapproval . |
| 19 | Obligingly , Victoria took her children 's hands in hers and posed on the steps while the nanny stood aside and looked on with pride . |
| 20 | Sir Daniel stood up and looked at his watch with some ostentation . |
| 21 | I stood up and looked at the Feldwebel . |
| 22 | Slowly Jack stood up and looked down at Ho . |
| 23 | Tom stood up and looked out at the freshly-weeded graveyard . |
| 24 | A sharp-faced young man immediately stood up and looked , unsmiling , at the other men in the room , suspicion evident in his eyes . |
| 25 | I stood up and looked at myself in the mirror . |
| 26 | He stood up and looked at the following wagon . |
| 27 | She stood up and looked down at him . |
| 28 | I stood up and looked in the mirror . |
| 29 | Harald and Carl stood up and looked through a window . |
| 30 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |