Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] [conj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try to stand up and demand that fear leaves your inner being , like an unwanted guest . |
| 2 | I 'm one of the people who 've actually got the guts now to stand up and say that I . . |
| 3 | He wondered how many people in all the mental hospitals in the country — or the world " , — come to that — were really fallen Warriors who had either cracked up from the strain of trying to live in this hell-hole , or simply made the wrong choice and thought that the test was just seeing through the whole thing and then having the courage to stand out and make that challenge . |
| 4 | The British Government have become spineless jellyfish who seem prepared to stand back and watch these Marxist death squads murdering their way through the people of Ulster not doing anything too ‘ adventurous ’ in case they upset friends in Dublin . |
| 5 | Then it began , the stuff she hated , the stuff she had been forced to stand by and watch all her life . |
| 6 | He had ordered Rose to stand by and cut more squares ready for when Effie entered the second stage , and would be conscious and suffering again . |
| 7 | ‘ Stand up and take all your clothes off . |
| 8 | I still get jelly in the belly , Joe , when I stand up and face those bods . ’ |
| 9 | Finally , before deciding on a style for your window , stand back and take another look at its size in relation to the rest of the room . |
| 10 | Finally , stand back and have another look at the fish … is it really as good as you first thought , or have you become less impressed with it , the more you have been close to it ? |
| 11 | How can I stand up and do that ? |
| 12 | And it 's only a bit of entertainment , and we must really stand up and say this is our game and , it belongs to us ! |
| 13 | The EC would n't stand back and take this American action . |
| 14 | I am not a mouse , she thought , and I will not stand by and watch this idiocy . |
| 15 | ‘ I know what you say is true , Melody , but I ca n't stand by and allow this wedding to go ahead . |
| 16 | Now she stood up and pushed both hands into the pockets of her jeans . |
| 17 | There was little difference apparent between more- and less-frequent walkers , but it was noticeable that particular sub-groups stood out as experiencing more than their share of problems . |