Example sentences of "[adv] stand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Private journals continued to burgeon , as will be seen in Chapter 6 , but the state press could henceforth stand better on its own feet financially . |
| 2 | I 'd better stand |
| 3 | It does not necessarily stand to gain by promoting the reproduction of its ‘ individual ’ plant . |
| 4 | In later chapters we shall prove several results of the above type where the symbols used will not necessarily stand for integers . |
| 5 | When she felt she could not naturally stand by the window any longer she went and inspected the gritty old review copies of books which had somehow collected over the years on the office shelves — Take Your Car to North Africa ! |
| 6 | It was fabulous because King Crimson had such a tremendous sound and such a tremendous image that for them to suddenly stand up and do a lot of Buddy Holly hits with Donovan singing vocals was really cute . |
| 7 | His line was that he 'd lost contact with Malcolm because he could only stand to be with him for so long at a stretch . |
| 8 | A country can only stand so much excitement . |
| 9 | Border police say they can only stand by helplessly as Poles , returning home with their stolen Mercedes and BMWs , suddenly accelerate past them . |
| 10 | After 65 minutes , Green mishit a backpass and could only stand horrified as Hibberd pounced on the mistake and coolly slotted the ball past the stranded Burt from 20 yards . |
| 11 | Rather taken aback , and with no time to think of a suitable reply , I said , ‘ Well , I suppose at your age I can only stand back and hope you do n't make too many mistakes . ’ |
| 12 | I could only stand quietly and scratch my poor head . |
| 13 | ‘ A man can only stand so much , ’ he thought desperately , remembering how her kisses had awakened an answering reaction in him . |
| 14 | And Maradona , whose ‘ Hand of God ’ goal helped knock England out of the 1986 World Cup , could only stand and applaud the young pretender . |
| 15 | But this is to assume that humans have a natural capacity to recognise and reflect on their interests , and that they will only stand so much injustice . |
| 16 | He did try , but he could only stand on one foot . |
| 17 | Realizing he was too far away to save his prized possession , the governor could only stand and watch it fall , speechless with anger . |
| 18 | Athelstan could only stand and watch , open-mouthed . |
| 19 | Could they only stand it because it was for a short unreal interval , whereas for him it was the real bit of his life , this little pocket of otherness , of ‘ unreality ’ , but for him it had been central , the power house , the full granary , the fulcrum . |
| 20 | When he touched a gentle knuckle to her cheek , she started ; her breath lodged somewhere in her throat and she could only stand helplessly as he untied the ribbon securing her hair . |
| 21 | Bewildered by her own inner conflict , she could only stand there feeling totally vulnerable , her limbs barely supporting her as he peered down into her troubled face . |
| 22 | Teams from Wedgwood , Alton Towers , PMT and Staffordshire University could only stand and watch as the Precision maestros scuttled the skittles and took the trophy . |
| 23 | This invaluable experience and can only stand people in good stead for when they return to the UK . ’ |
| 24 | And he he was n't he said they can only stand the water problem so long so what they can do with it I do n't know . |
| 25 | Luce felt an overwhelming sense of loss , and for a moment or two could only stand there , stunned by her extreme reaction to a total stranger . |
| 26 | She could only stand and stare spellbound a little when he replied that it was n't smoke , but vapour from the warm stream that ran through the town . |
| 27 | Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there |
| 28 | Scientific papers must obviously stand on their own merits . |
| 29 | The teacher may thus stand in the cross-fire between them . |
| 30 | Whatever the position three months earlier , our original offer to the health service could no longer stand . |