Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] [conj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to stand up but Roman brought his other arm across her , making her his prisoner . |
| 2 | Elizabeth had won the essay competition and was just about to stand up when Jessica got up and she walked up to Mr and she asked and he asked her what magazine she wanted for the year and she said Rock Seventeen Jessica knew what magazine Elizabeth wanted and she just said Rock Seventeen . |
| 3 | He stands back while Serafin comes into the centre of the room and slowly revolves on his heel . |
| 4 | Barbara gets shot by Fred MacMurray , Joan is remaindered by Edward G. Robinson , and Bogart stands back while Mary Astor is hauled off to jail . |
| 5 | They do n't plan to stand around while Mandela makes up his mind about what they are going to get . |
| 6 | Everest team stands by as Phil flies out |
| 7 | you stand up and Pat 'll pull it oh ee |
| 8 | David Rush , Brian Mooney and Warren Hawke stand by as Sunderland go for their fourth win in a row . |
| 9 | I 'm merely standing in while Stella is having her appendix out . ’ |
| 10 | It 's almost certain that he will also be asked to continue as Ulster captain , and with the likelihood of Michael Bradley standing down as Ireland 's leader , McBride could be the man to step into the Munsterman 's boots . |
| 11 | ‘ The last several years we 've stood by while Europe spent $26 billion to develop Airbus to push Americans out of work , ’ he said . |
| 12 | The haunting words of Dowson 's poem , which had brought us together again in 1943 , returned to me as I stood on that Paris balcony : |
| 13 | Wilson , more respectfully treated at Lord 's , where he recently stood down as MCC coach , than in his native county , offered Carrick wise counsel when the youngster replaced him in the Yorkshire side . |
| 14 | Nyerere stood down as CCM chairman on Aug. 17 , 1990 , and Mwinyi was elected to the post in his place . |
| 15 | Yes Eleanor stood up but Lee said it first okay . |
| 16 | She stood up and Pascoe stood too , oddly formal . |
| 17 | He and his father stood up and Frank rose to follow them but Tony said quickly , ‘ Tell us about the prison camp , Frank . |
| 18 | They stood up and Maureen glanced at her watch . |
| 19 | She stood up and Helen went to her . |
| 20 | Ahead of him , the guard at the locked door stood up as Nicholson nodded . |
| 21 | Hearing voices approach down the hall , she threw the paper and envelope into the fire , and then stood up as Senga reappeared , leading a tall serious-faced young man . |
| 22 | He stood up as Catherine entered the room . |
| 23 | He half stood up as Myeloski came towards him , when an aircraft called him over the radio . |
| 24 | She stood up as Wycliffe came in followed by Lucy Lane . |
| 25 | He stood up when Alexandra came into the bar , held out his hand , smiled , showing beautiful teeth . |
| 26 | And then , a scream stuck in her throat ; the whole , this idiot , an awful truth dawning — all her years , as a drudge , working in the ragstore , a scrooge for every penny , her hopes and dreams for nothing ; her teeth were bared and her eyes stood out and Rubberneck — he had done something awful wrong — rolled over meekly on his belly . |
| 27 | One clue stood out as Detective Sergeant Graham Bull painstakingly sifted through notes about suspect John ‘ the German ’ Calton . |
| 28 | Sir John stood back and Athelstan smiled . |