Example sentences of "just stand [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She just stands outside and watches me . |
| 2 | He just stands there and does it . |
| 3 | He just stands back and looks at them ! |
| 4 | So instead , what I do is just stand outside and look through the window . |
| 5 | Just stand up and get out . |
| 6 | You just stand up and get out , but h what happens if and when something happens with your legs and you ca n't do that , how would get out then ? |
| 7 | Cos when we shared it out between three it was like if you just stand up and have a look along there . |
| 8 | If you do n't know what to say , you have to think … you just stand quietly and do n't say nothing and something comes into your brain . ’ |
| 9 | Because you just stand there and hope someone 's gon na read your lips so you do n't have to do anything with your body ! |
| 10 | You just stand there and say , Who 's going to be here next week ? |
| 11 | ‘ We can do it if the leadership of this nation will just stand up and do the right thing . ’ |
| 12 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 13 | Well , she might be half-English herself , but there was no way she could just stand by and watch . |
| 14 | We 'll just stand by and watch , we three . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't stop such outrages but I ca n't just stand by and let them continue . |
| 16 | I remember Trevor [ Howard ] just standing up and looking at him , mouthing a bad word and walking out of the room . |
| 17 | ‘ Will you pull him up ? ’ she asked anxiously when Felipe just stood silently and assessed the situation . |
| 18 | I just stood by and smiled . |
| 19 | You just stood there and made a complete fool of me — ’ |
| 20 | apparently turned up this morning and they want a hundred pound by tomorrow , and they 're coming back tomorrow for it paying him ten pound a week and thought it was gone and he had er none so find a hundred pound by tomorrow and she did n't know where she was going to get it from , she just stood there and burst into tears and run off going on |
| 21 | He just stood there and looked at her and Maggie held his gaze for a moment before inviting him in . |
| 22 | John must have been so angry , I know that now , he 's still angry , John did n't shout at Dad or anything , or throw a tantrum , he just stood there and looked at Dad and realized the other boys would call him a liar and what could he do ? ’ |
| 23 | It was totally outside my experience and so I just stood there and walked out . |
| 24 | He just stood there and listened . |
| 25 | Poor old John Heminges just stood there and cried . |
| 26 | It was impossible to suspend one 's belief — and what with the audience jeering and throwing peanuts , the whole thing was a disaster ! — he did nothing but cry all the time — right out of character — just stood there and cried … |
| 27 | The woman stood there with the bags at her feet and said out loud , to no one , not to O , not to the child , not to the singer , just stood there and threw her head back and stood there , framed against the blue sky and green hills of France , with the train leaving now , she screamed out loud , over and over , oh fuck , fuck , fuck , fuck , fuck . |