Example sentences of "stood [adv prt] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pavel Zhikarev , who stood down as chairman after 25 years at Sberbank , laid the foundations for the changes that lie ahead . |
| 2 | Wilson , more respectfully treated at Lord 's , where he recently stood down as MCC coach , than in his native county , offered Carrick wise counsel when the youngster replaced him in the Yorkshire side . |
| 3 | Rittner stood down as Arts Council Secretary General two years ago , believing government plans to devolve the council 's funding responsibilities to the regions would drastically reduce its role . |
| 4 | Chief executive Gerald Ratner stood down as chairman last week , and was replaced by former Coats Viyella deputy chairman Jim McAdam . |
| 5 | John Evans , who has been Captain of the golf society since it started , stood down as he will be retiring next year . |
| 6 | Nyerere stood down as CCM chairman on Aug. 17 , 1990 , and Mwinyi was elected to the post in his place . |
| 7 | Then we stood down when Mum and Dad came to the house . |
| 8 | When they had heard the king , they departed ; and lo , the star , which they saw in the east , went before them , till it came and stood over where the young child was . |
| 9 | He had barely a scratch upon him , he was hardly blown by comparison with these , and he stood off while they breathed , and at the last lighted down from his tired horse , to meet with the most valiant on equal terms . |
| 10 | A figure had crawled out of the tent , rumpled , wearing trousers and a sweater ; the man stood up once he was clear of the canvas and stretched , yawning . |
| 11 | He stood up while we watched and I realized he had magnificent horns , far longer than any I had yet seen . |
| 12 | I checked my watch and stood up so I could look across the Paddock . |
| 13 | He stood up as he spoke . |
| 14 | I stood up as the Sergeant approached . |
| 15 | When I gave my first class , Manuela stood up as soon as I entered , and in beautiful English , then in Spanish , expressed the sympathies of the whole class . |
| 16 | He stood up as Catherine entered the room . |
| 17 | He stood up as the door swung open . |
| 18 | Jack stood up as the Glory rocked to and fro . |
| 19 | He stood up as she walked towards him . |
| 20 | They all stood up as though on parade , with the instinctive straight back of the Polynesians . |
| 21 | Yashkin stood up as they entered . |
| 22 | He half stood up as Myeloski came towards him , when an aircraft called him over the radio . |
| 23 | She stood up as I entered the room , greeting me as if we were in a drawing-room in Chelsea or Gloucestershire and not in prison . |
| 24 | Everybody stood up as the Corporal walked in . |
| 25 | Hearing voices approach down the hall , she threw the paper and envelope into the fire , and then stood up as Senga reappeared , leading a tall serious-faced young man . |
| 26 | Ahead of him , the guard at the locked door stood up as Nicholson nodded . |
| 27 | Curly Top stood up as his superior came into the room . |
| 28 | She stood up as Wycliffe came in followed by Lucy Lane . |
| 29 | We stood up as our visitor was brought into the room . |
| 30 | He stood up as she got near , taking off his sunglasses politely , and they shook hands . |