Example sentences of "stand there and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He just stands there and does it . |
| 2 | Is it really necessary to explain the excitement of smashing things , whether they are milk bottles , shop windows , buses , telephone boxes or whatever , if the alternative is to stand there and do nothing . |
| 3 | Remember when she used to stand there and madden you with her politeness and that voice of hers . |
| 4 | You have to stand there and watch , you can never make anything happen . |
| 5 | The first angler each season to stand there and cast out a Black Pennel , about ten yards , always catches a trout of 1lb . ’ |
| 6 | Mrs Patient of Bracknell , Berks , said : ‘ I could n't believe that it took four of them to stand there and say they could n't do the work until after the New Year . |
| 7 | ‘ I was n't going to stand there and listen to that stuff , ’ explained Cooper graciously . |
| 8 | ‘ No , Hilary , I have not finished , and you are going to stand there and listen until I have . |
| 9 | They stand there and moan about being cold or wet , about their ailments , about the inadequacies of the National Health Service , about rising crime levels . ’ |
| 10 | Because you just stand there and hope someone 's gon na read your lips so you do n't have to do anything with your body ! |
| 11 | You just stand there and say , Who 's going to be here next week ? |
| 12 | Stand there and watch me ? ’ she demanded . |
| 13 | And the dickheads stand there and watch us . |
| 14 | They 'd stand there and laugh at you , or say things to get you going , and when they felt they 'd wound you up they 'd walk away laughing . |
| 15 | ‘ How dare you stand there and make these sweeping statements ? |
| 16 | I think this system of getting all the children to sit round a table and be taught as a group is wrong , I think they should be taught individually , should have a desk of their own and , and the teacher should stand there and deliver the lesson er to each person but that 's , that 's the way it goes |
| 17 | Why do n't stand there and eat it love ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ How can you stand there and talk about jobs when the real issue is hanging above our heads ! |
| 20 | He 'd stand there and lash at it and then expect to hole every putt . |
| 21 | ‘ How can you stand there and say that ? ’ |
| 22 | But anyway , this boy Peter would stand there and play that sucker note for note . ’ |
| 23 | You need to do nothing except stand there and sing your numbers . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , it 's strange you should stand there and ask that question , sir , very strange indeed . ’ |
| 25 | she says but she come out and got her wee one in the car and not David and the wee , the other wee boy into the car and left Michelle or Ashley standing there and drove off . |
| 26 | Standing there and scowling and telling Mrs Gotobed that he was n't coming back after the war , that he was n't going into the shop … |
| 27 | But it was seeing her waving — standing there and seeming to wave for ever as she backed away from me . |
| 28 | He 's so thick , you know he 'll say right I 'll go down the hold , I 'll do the humping , what they call humping , he 'll do that , loading these slings or bags , rather than him standing there and say well ten bags in that sling , put ten down , he could n't do that , so he 'd rather go down the hold that 's happened . |
| 29 | It was unbelievable — not only that he had done it but that she had stood there and let him . |
| 30 | ‘ I would have stood there and watched myself bleed to death . |