Example sentences of "[noun] stand [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Xanthe stood up in the narrow space between the bed and the door in Miranda 's room , and said , ‘ You look rather ‘ beatnik ’ . |
| 2 | As Richard stood up in the boat , he could be seen to hesitate , not about what he wanted to do , but about procedures . |
| 3 | — A Chinese officer in a uniform more than adequately equipped with polished belts , straps and full holsters stood up in the front passenger seat of the car like George Washington crossing the Delaware , shouting dictatorially . |
| 4 | The Princess stood out in the cold and waited . |
| 5 | This and many other recollected gems stand out in The Don 's admirably planned and delivered speech at the 1989 dinner marking the opening of the Bradman Museum at Bowral , NSW and the Bradman Trust . |
| 6 | Detective Van Heflin stood up in the car , hat clamped to his head , firing his tommy gun from the hip . |
| 7 | In the north can be found lush greenery standing out in the bottom of the valleys that carve down through the mountains , and fields of banana plantations standing against the backdrop of Mount Teide , the island 's dormant volcano . |
| 8 | Coffin stood up in the launch facing them . |
| 9 | Neither Andy Forshaw nor Martin Langston stood out in the HDM event , so Clark , for so long on the fringe of national selection , could get his chance for England in the Buttermen Indoor tournament at Crystal Palace on December 29-30 . |
| 10 | One night a man stood up in the stalls , swaying slightly , and said with a slight Scandinavian accent : ‘ Hellooo . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't want any bloody lunch , ’ said Dyson , thinking of the usual crowd standing round in the Gates . |
| 12 | Here he is remembering Nick Kent standing around in the old NME offices in Carnaby Street talking about what Keith Richards had said to him once , when he noticed something hanging out of his leather trousers . |
| 13 | Above us , great masses of cumulus clouds stood out in the sky like old-fashioned sculptures . |
| 14 | He had no time to stand about in the theatre if it did not deliver . |
| 15 | Lefevre spent much of his time standing about in the street outside the theatre to no avail , whilst Thiercelin wasted a day and a half following up a couple of false trails supplied by articles in the local newssheet . |