Example sentences of "[pron] stood up [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm a Bank Assistant ’ , was the first thing she said when she stood up at a recent IBOA meeting . |
| 2 | The boat too affected her profoundly ; she had never been on a boat before , except for a rowing boat in the park , and she stood up on the top deck in the bitter grey April wind , and watched the foam and the emptiness and the receding bar of Folkestone , and she thought that she had never seen anything so wonderful in her life . |
| 3 | Those returning Marines crashed their arms across their spreadeagle-painted chest plastrons , saluting Lord Pugh who stood up on a high balcony of traceried wrought tungsten . |
| 4 | We told Frank that we would support him if he stood up to the little tyrant , that he would feel better if he did , citing our own experiences , mine in particular . |
| 5 | He stood up with a muttered curse of impatience , and when the lightning flashed a little while later she caught a glimpse of his hunched back . |
| 6 | He stood up in the controlled , fluid style she was beginning to recognise as peculiarly his , and came around the desk again . |