Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had to stand up in the midst of a certain amount of pomp and ceremony and address a large audience , which included her own family , her husband , the Prime Minister , the Lord Mayor and a host of City dignitaries , many of them accomplished public speakers themselves . |
| 2 | She was trying to stand up in the pool but could n't because of the costume . |
| 3 | This convention , so standard in the comedies that it escapes notice ( especially in modern theatre-productions , where it is very rare to be able to hear any difference between prose and verse ) , stands out in the tragedies , where the clown 's reduction of the medium imposes an often uneasy mood of relaxation or verbal indulgence , outside the time of the tragic action , frustrating its rhythm . |
| 4 | On the road , however , in regular use , the Corrado VR6 is the one that stands out in the driver 's mind as the quickest , most comfortable , most civilised and most user-friendly of all . |
| 5 | I recall having to stand out in the cold at Cotherstone Chapel when one gentleman belonging to a family which had been in the dale for several generations was laid to rest . |
| 6 | You want to stand out in the assessor 's mind but not as an insensitive bully trying to throw your weight around . |
| 7 | Len 's mop of unruly fair hair always made him stand out in a crowded goalmouth but , even over 30 years later , he continues to stand out in the memories of Palace fans who saw him play for our club . |
| 8 | One business source said : ‘ He has a low base salary and he has to stand out in the sun a great deal longer before he gets a bonus at the oasis . |
| 9 | Tonight it 's the story of his uncle and as he stands around in the hall , he talks about his Uncle Rocco who was stationed in Ipswich . |
| 10 | ‘ Working with Tracey is much easier than a group because you would have to stand around in the group and not get a chance of doing things . |
| 11 | Vigilant was also called upon to stand by in the Thames approaches to assist as necessary . |
| 12 | He had no time to stand about in the theatre if it did not deliver . |
| 13 | They all think that 's like he said they think oh stand up in the corridor , that 's alright , Amy said if you do n't if you have a holiday , you do n't get no money |
| 14 | I stand up in the entrance of my bower , still in shadow . |
| 15 | This and many other recollected gems stand out in The Don 's admirably planned and delivered speech at the 1989 dinner marking the opening of the Bradman Museum at Bowral , NSW and the Bradman Trust . |
| 16 | As much because of what is left unsaid as because of what is directly described , The Albatross is one of those exceptions which suggest that the junior adventure story has always suffered under unnecessary limitations : the names that stand out in the genre are those who in various ways have ignored or overridden these limitations . |
| 17 | This short sleeved trouser suit looks cool and elegant in pastel pink — try wearing it with dark colours , and stand out in the crowd . |
| 18 | It 's the sort of thing it is easy to observe if you stand around in the garage during practice or generally stick around a team , watching who gets the first briefing , who is paying more attention to whom . |
| 19 | It had not occurred to him that he could stand up in the pub , leave the beer half-drunk , the sandwich half-eaten , walk out into the London early evening . |
| 20 | But on the other hand she could n't stand out in the corridor indefinitely . |
| 21 | They eat standing up in the kitchen . |
| 22 | I remember opening my hood , disconnecting my oxygen and R/T connections and standing up in the cockpit . |
| 23 | Like I see her standing up in the toilet and I thought your hair looks nice in n it ? |
| 24 | In that moment she was n't sure if she could fling decorum to the wind and beg him to make love to her again , right there , standing up in the blackness of Ghar Hasan . |
| 25 | The Youngs were standing up in the dining room , ready to go to bed . |
| 26 | And the astonishingly big calf coming out with a slippery rush and then , a few minutes later , standing up in the straw on its thin , wobbly legs , its thickly lashed eyes mild and brown like its mother 's . |
| 27 | The dancing man was standing out in the middle of the road as though unaware of the scarlet double-decker which might trundle down the High Street at any moment to knock him down . |
| 28 | Mike Gatting presented , and in the pre-match interviews he stressed that it was very , very hot , and I swear Gatt must have lost a stone just standing out in the middle talking about the pitch . |
| 29 | Miss Kenton was still standing out in the hall where I had first spotted her . |
| 30 | Miss Kenton was once more standing out in the hall . |