Example sentences of "[pron] stand [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know it all depends on me how I stand up to games and how I play . ’ |
| 2 | I stand out of sight . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , there were good times and bad times , ’ said Connor , adding reminiscently , ‘ Did I ever tell you of the night I stood up to Jack Johnson ? ’ |
| 4 | I stood up with knees that felt like buckling and tried to open the door into the dock ; and it was as immovable from outside as from in . |
| 5 | I was up there three days campaigning , objecting to this that I 'm being charged and believe me for those three days I stood right in Queen Street , just outside the offices there , and at no , any time during , at any particular time of day , you could have come along to me , and there were still one thousand five hundred people standing there , rain , hail , sleet or blow . |
| 6 | I stood out like Moby Dick . |
| 7 | So , as I stood there on Hampstead Heath , I felt that it was just from that point of view that the single surviving Pinus sylvestris was intended to be seen . |
| 8 | ‘ We are delighted with the results so far , especially the performance , which stands up to comparison with the rest of the sports car world . |
| 9 | Returning briefly to Dublin , she next went to Rome and Athens to do more studying before coming to work in the British Museum , and going to live in Knutsford , Cheshire , where she did her greatest work , the bust of Archbishop Alexander , Primate of All Ireland , which stands today in Armagh Cathedral . |
| 10 | The simplest are fine earth spots , which stand out like molehills on a lawn and are often defined by rings of large pebbles or stones , which they appear to have shouldered aside . |
| 11 | Layton described the four things which stand out in Leonard , which give him the confidence to work as he does , and promote his work : The strong tradition of learning ; the business entrepreneurship of his family ; the broad philanthropy/charity which hall-marked it ; and , lastly , the self-awareness that comes from being a Cohen — not understood as class-distinction , but from the high symbolism of ‘ the priest and his role . ’ |
| 12 | Out of this maelstrom we can select only a few thinkers and those ideas which stand out in retrospect as marking out the major developments and as setting the scene for more recent times . |
| 13 | He was an uncomplicated , well-meaning Organisation Man and was always called ‘ JC ’ , which stood either for Jesus Christ or Julius Caesar . |
| 14 | He stayed the night at her cottage which stood just below Purbeck House . |
| 15 | And I get it green for when she stands up in class . |
| 16 | You stand upright in mid-air , weightless for a moment , then bounce down again , like a yo-yo about 100ft up , and the crane winds you gently to the ground . |
| 17 | And you , you stand there at end of day and think well is it our fault or what ? |
| 18 | Cordelia , Kent , and France , who stand up to Lear , and whose judgement mutually reinforces one another , are right then , and are shown to be right by the way the action develops . |
| 19 | A sedentary existence or a job that keeps you standing around for hours is liable to encourage a poor circulation as well as allowing the buttock and thigh muscles to become weak and flabby , making cellulite much worse . |
| 20 | The structured the structured thought patterns gave me an actual er organisation to my talk be it only just a few words on a piece of paper it was simple yet er gave the organisation to the actual talk while you stood up in front of an audience . |
| 21 | She stood up in annoyance . |
| 22 | Like a rabbit she ran across the course to intercept Anmer and as the horse was hugging the rails she stood up in front of him holding both her hands above her head , and then sprang at him . |
| 23 | She stood worriedly in front of him , brows pulled together , feathery hair over her shoulders and clinging in fine threads to the sweat of her forehead . |
| 24 | Even now she stood further from Betty than was entirely necessary . |
| 25 | She then spread her hands and Benjamin led her back to the table where she stood defiantly before Mandeville . |
| 26 | She stood defiantly in front of him , shaking her head , trying desperately to find the words to make him realise that she was tired , due for leave , and really felt he should ask someone else . |
| 27 | She stood there for hours watching the stonemason so that when he returned the next day , he gave her a piece of stone and two chisels . |
| 28 | And she thought , as she stood there with Rosie , Susie , Katie , Isabel , Janice and Heather , that none of it mattered , none of it had any importance , in view of the fact that she was going . |
| 29 | She stood there with hands on her hips , glaring with a face like thunder . |
| 30 | Red as the clouds which flush beneath the sun 's slant rays , says Ovid , red as the rosy Dawn , were the cheeks of Diana as she stood there in view without her robes . |