Example sentences of "[verb] stand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each item of such a carefully considered scheme will have been intended to stand in a specific position in Kent 's rooms . |
| 2 | A series of surveys has shown that , given a choice , up to 80pc of fans would prefer to stand . |
| 3 | He indicated a swing-seat , but with a shake of her head she refused to sit , preferring to stand and go straight into the attack . |
| 4 | Wherever you looked at the French giant , Renault was making progress in 1992 where other manufacturers were struggling to stand still . |
| 5 | MacLachlan successfully obtained through Milton 's aid a delay in a foreclosure by the Royal Bank , and the freeholder hoped to persuade the politician to continue to stand between him and his creditors because of the value of his vote to the Argyll interest , arguing that |
| 6 | Er not so much on Street because they tend to stand near the flats . |
| 7 | Do people tend to stand around in your kitchen when they are eating a snack or drinking the odd cup of coffee because there is no place to sit ? |
| 8 | Simply nervous trainers tend to stand in one spot , feeted feet rooted like a tree to the ground . |
| 9 | For example if you 've got between thirteen and twenty for an activist that 's a very strong preference , however for a reflector a very strong preference is eighteen to twenty , because by nature most of us tend , you know most of us tend to stand back and think so what we actually need , what we wh what we can see is that when we compare our scores against the general norms it 's a much more accurate picture of our learning style . |
| 10 | Can you tell me something about the crowd itself , erm did particular age groups tend to stand together around the ground or were the young |
| 11 | You 're obviously more cautious than you were before , and erm a lot of kids now they tend to stand back for a while just in case 'cause you can never judge how fast they 're really going to go through there . |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't want to stand in your way , that 's why I said nothing but I ca n't help thinking it is closer to your measure . ’ |
| 13 | It wo n't want to stand around while we talk ; and if we get off its back and tie it to a fence , it will dig a hole in the ground through sheer impatience . |
| 14 | I do n't want to stand here all afternoon being laughed at like a cunt . |
| 15 | There are eight other recordings of the Barber Piano Sonata in the catalogue , but to my mind the most thrilling and satisfying is that by this artist , who created the work in 1949 : his quicksilver delicacy in the scherzo is unsurpassed , and the dazzling virtuosity of the fugal finale makes one want to stand and cheer . |
| 16 | What I shall want to argue is that their position is caught up in a circular argument : the only reason one could have for wanting to stand in this kind of relationship to biblical women is that one is Christian , but these writers never tackle the prior question as to whether feminism is in fact compatible with Christianity , such that one should want to stand in relationship to biblical women . |
| 17 | I may indeed want to stand by women living in less fortunate circumstances than I today . |
| 18 | I did n't want to stand in his way . ’ |
| 19 | On the other hand she did not want to stand until dawn , and she did want the French words to go on being threaded together . |
| 20 | I do not want to stand up and be counted as a supporter of those demands . |
| 21 | ‘ Meredith , ’ he said , sounding irritable , ‘ I do n't want to stand here discussing this . |
| 22 | Nor with the grumbling of people who did n't want to stand up when they 'd just sat down . |
| 23 | I do n't want to stand in the doorway and shake hands but it 's a great feeling to go into one of the restaurants and realise they do n't belong to the GrandMet or Imperial , but they are mine ! ’ |
| 24 | We do not want to stand idly by and do nothing . |
| 25 | In his letter he stated : ’ Such a development will cause me no little difficulty — especially from the SNP ! if you and Douglas Hurd judge that the UK 's overall interests will be best served then I would not want to stand in the way of UKAEA 's involvement . ’ |
| 26 | You do n't want to stand out |
| 27 | Most of the points I think have been well , accurately made and I do n't want to stand here making them perhaps less well wrapped and less well , less eloquently . |
| 28 | Did you want to stand up for a minute ? |
| 29 | Hurry up and put it on there I do n't want to stand with these forever . |
| 30 | She sit down on the chair but she 'll want to stand up a little bit cause we got bins underneath and she wants to put her feet on the bins |