Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] stand " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd better stand |
| 2 | And I do n't stand the cans in hot water in case it marks the bottom of the pan and spoils it . |
| 3 | I do n't stand a hope in hell of answering them all but I 'm going to try my damnedest , and to that end have missed out on most of the company parties and outings . |
| 4 | I do n't stand any nonsense , mind you , they do what I tell them and they speak when they 're spoken to , but they know where they are with me . |
| 5 | When he knocks my gun aside , I do n't stand there surprised . |
| 6 | Now I do n't stand here in any sense of defending these salaries , in fact I think our policy is entirely right and it is not inflationary . |
| 7 | Sixty to one outsider , and I thought oh well , I do n't stand a chance on it . |
| 8 | Because , I mean , I know where it 's coming from , some of it 's coming from Stanley , who , who thinks if I do n't stand down it will damage Ruth 's chances . |
| 9 | Oh no , I do n't stand a lot . |
| 10 | and I do n't stand any nonsense from anybody , but erm |
| 11 | erm , erm feel like they 're getting the benefit again , again and again , you now make the costs of at every point they take another , they 've got more coming in , erm in terms of cash and er at every point I seem to loose , I loose the first case in ninety one and everything now seems to go against me , it seems as though I do n't stand a chance any more . |
| 12 | ‘ I suddenly felt that I was doing it to a bunch of people that actually understood what Lear 's pain was about , whereas I do n't standing on the stage at the National Theatre ’ : Brian Cox 's concerns about audience reactions and the nature of the dramatic experience are echoed by others . |
| 13 | I did not stand staring but I could not help but see . |
| 14 | I did not stand for the job ’ . |
| 15 | It was made clear to me by my mother , sometimes backed up by my sisters , that as far as the opposite sex was concerned , I did n't stand a chance . |
| 16 | I did n't stand up . |
| 17 | I did n't stand a chance . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I did n't stand a chance ! |
| 19 | I did n't stand a chance — he ran right out in front of me . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We get sick of hearing the excuse ‘ I did n't stand a chance ’ , I always think the kid definitely did n't have one and that makes me angry . |
| 21 | Er , in the introductions I did n't stand up and er , introduce myself cos I felt it would steal a few minutes of my er presentation ! |
| 22 | I said that to him and he looked at me over the top of his glasses like that , cos he , in his office , he sits here , the door 's there , he sits here and I , I , everybody else has had the door open , I went in and shut the door and I stood behind him , I did n't stand in front of him , stood behind him so , keep |
| 23 | and I had Mike ironing them while I was putting 'em up , I said right stand here and watch me hang this curtain , so I 'm showing him how to iron it , so while I 'm upstairs putting 'em up he 's ironing |
| 24 | ‘ In any case , what I said still stands . |
| 25 | I had just stood up , fully clothed by the doorway , when one of the harmonisers stopped with a snort and a wakeful chomp of his lips . |
| 26 | To move would be impossible ( and yet I have only to stand up , pull off the bracelets , announce an end to all this … ) . |
| 27 | Nothing would have induced me to part now except an overwhelming sense that the course of action which has been pursued has put the country- and not merely the country , but throughout the world , the principles for which you and I have always stood throughout our political lives-in the greatest peril that has ever overtaken them . |