Example sentences of "stand back [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She dabs a little powder on top , and stands back to admire the effect . |
| 2 | We 're going to continue with this objective in the coming months in this , the third series , but before we get totally immersed I want to use the first three programmes to stand back to take a more general look at what universities are about today . |
| 3 | ‘ Depends on your point of view , does it not ? ’ said Tock , standing back to examine his work . |
| 4 | ‘ Publication day ? ’ said Viola Machin , standing back to survey a groaning cake-stand . |
| 5 | I had time to scrutinize the benches occupied by beggars and their bundles , and to watch the children playing in the little squares bounded by green iron railings , to envy gross matrons and their lap-dogs trotting between the pâtissière and the charcuterie … women in aprons washing the pavements , standing back to let pedestrians pass . |
| 6 | STEVE ASHTON COVERED THE COURSE AT THIS OWN PACE BEFORE STANDING BACK TO WATCH THE RACE |
| 7 | They are waking , thought Fenella , struggling with the elaborate handle of the silver door , then standing back to give way to Caspar who seemed to understand the mechanism . |
| 8 | He was standing back to admire the conflagration when the full weight of its rightful resident landed on him from a bough above , where it had been watching . |
| 9 | Tony and Stephen had stood back to let their sisters greet Terry , but they were looking at him and waiting eagerly to greet him , oblivious of Frank . |
| 10 | Mother stood back to see the effect of the gift . |
| 11 | He stood back to usher her in , his sea-blue eyes still puzzled . |
| 12 | She stood back to watch the great man from behind and , in watching , became progressively more fidgety as she itched to comment on his alignment . |
| 13 | He stood back to watch in admiration , hands on tattered knees . |
| 14 | At the first extra hole , Montgomerie holed out again and then stood back to watch his rival fail to draw level . |
| 15 | The sergeant 's eyes widened , and he slid out of the Land Rover and stood back to let Jamie out . |
| 16 | I stood back to let her pass , but she shimmered to a stop before me and said , ‘ Do you know where Miss Lorrimore is sleeping ? ’ |
| 17 | In April two students from this school stood back to let an elderly disabled woman enter the Post Office before them and in June another student , who I am glad to say had been with us only two weeks , was spotted by two seniors through the window of the tap room of the Throstle 's Nest , helping a blind woman across the road . |
| 18 | ‘ Do come inside , ’ the girl said , and stood back to let Blanche go ahead of her . |
| 19 | When he was satisfied that all was clear , he stood back to let the waiter push the trolley into the room . |
| 20 | Miss Matlock opened the double door to the right and stood back to let them enter . |
| 21 | She stood back to let him in . |
| 22 | As he came out of the Chapel , his sons stood back to let him pass . |
| 23 | Rather bemused , Folly stood back to let him past . |
| 24 | He opened it and stood back to let Harry enter ‘ Head of Careers ’ is an absurd title , is n't it ? ’ he said . |
| 25 | It was still daylight as Rune , having parked the car and guided her across the road , stood back to let her precede him through the Tivoli turnstiles . |
| 26 | As Sophie stood back to let Robert Sheldrake enter , he smiled , and , in spite of her confusion , she noticed how that smile lit up his face . |
| 27 | Three of them heaved the bulk over on to the high rocks and after a few more buckets of water , they stood back to inspect it further . |
| 28 | Still — she stood back to view her handiwork with a pleased nod — she had n't done too badly for a total amateur , even if she did say so herself . |
| 29 | The Russian acknowledged curtly and stood back to allow his companions to enter . |
| 30 | The attendants stood back to allow Erlich and the Station Chief to go on their own to the centre of the room where the two stretchers were parked on their wheeled bases , draped with green sheeting . |