Example sentences of "stood up " in BNC.
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| 1 | The refugee from Glasgow saw through , and stood up to , some famous middle-class progressives , was asked to spy on student Communists , was asked , by a girl at a party , to ‘ do something ! |
| 2 | Peggy stood up and slipped out of the tent into the bright August afternoon . |
| 3 | ‘ You mean the work of Mr Clancy , ’ said Peggy , as he stood up and took the towel she gave him . |
| 4 | She stood up , abruptly . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's all right , I was just leaving , ’ I said , and I stood up . |
| 6 | The headmaster was silent for a while , then he stood up . |
| 7 | Mrs Long stood up . |
| 8 | She stood up and held out her hand . |
| 9 | I stood up and shook it . |
| 10 | I became conscious of where I was and what I was doing so I quickly stood up and dried my eyes . |
| 11 | I was so surprised I stood up . |
| 12 | He stood up , stony-faced , and was turning to the door when James Menzies held up his hand and said , ‘ Wait — wait — that is only half the business . ’ |
| 13 | He stood up as he spoke . |
| 14 | He stood up and stretched , yawning to squeeze the bad thoughts out of his head . |
| 15 | Angus Cameron stood up on the oak stump which Donald used as a chopping-block , held out his hand to each part of the crowd as though drawing them into the circuit of the ceremony , and said , at first quietly , then gaining volume as he felt the truth of his words : ‘ Alexander McLaggan , Mary Stewart — you love each other , and must wed each other , and that is right and good . |
| 16 | Byers heard Menzies out , looked over at Cameron as though wondering whether he believed this too , and then stood up and stretched . |
| 17 | Menzies stood up very straight and arranged his clothes . |
| 18 | Amanda stood up again , crossed the room , took a blue bowl of chrysanths from the coffee table and carried them across the room to the dresser . |
| 19 | Amanda uncoiled her legs again and stood up . |
| 20 | Maggie stood up , shot the bolt and let herself out . |
| 21 | For the chief sub-editor , Daniel Vernet , it has not been an easy transition : ‘ We had to make sure that the paper read as a single publication , but that each section stood up on its own , while avoiding undue repetition , ’ he explains . |
| 22 | I moved to the back of my trench as Taff stood up to man the gun . |
| 23 | Taff said sleepily as he stood up , then leaned over the side of the trench , his head resting on the grass . |
| 24 | Looking at his watch , he stood up , ‘ Great what you can do in an hour , Piper . |
| 25 | I stood up and shook hands with both of them saying slowly , ‘ My name is Bill Millin . ’ |
| 26 | I stood up and gazed along the barrel of the Bren gun and could n't help smiling to myself and thinking that Taff was at his funniest when he was annoyed about something , even though our circumstances at the moment were anything but funny . |
| 27 | I stood up as the Sergeant approached . |
| 28 | Sweeney has no sooner stood up and shaved than he appears in a vision of reversion taking the form of the second parenthesis , the importance of whose material strains against the parenthetical format , guiding our reading of the poem : |
| 29 | They stood up , laughed and fooled around . |
| 30 | The man finally stood up and went over to them imploring them to be quiet . |