Example sentences of "[adv] stand [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Optionally — if you 're feeling mean — the carriage will animate and attack the adventurers if they just stand around for ages wondering what to do next . |
| 2 | He just stood there with hands on hips until Waters raised a hand to tap him on the shoulder . |
| 3 | He always stands strategically in corners at parties or similar wasteful gatherings of the wasted , his glass tilted in his hand , his broad back against the wall , talking all the while in those low , resonant yet rather monotonous tones which everyone listens to with a sniggery sort of attention . |
| 4 | The Queen also stood briefly with politicians including Democratic Unionist leader the Rev Ian Paisley . |
| 5 | She pictures the relationship between Katherine , the brash and rather unlikely features editor of Woman Now magazine ( do these people really stand around in camisoles dictating gory details about gynaecological examination over radio-phones ? ) and a Russian exile , Slava . |
| 6 | The beetles were now standing around in pairs , each pair holding a length of string , a piece of chalk , and a tape measure . |
| 7 | If Americans did n't stand up for Americans , why should Greeks stand up for … ? |
| 8 | The first nine days of instruction ( there were no days off — ‘ Communism does n't stand down on Sundays ’ ) were devoted to desk learning . |
| 9 | She hoped it was tactful but clearly they could n't stand there like statues indefinitely . |
| 10 | Professor Eloff ( Northern Transvaal ) is representing Dr Danie Craven , who has run South African rugby for more than 30 years and is about to stand down on grouds of age and health . |