Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] stand " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Do n't just stand there girls ! ’ bellowed Miss Hardbroom , ‘ Catch the creature ! ’ |
| 32 | So I have to do something because I ca n't just stand idle and let my kids die . ’ |
| 33 | ‘ Do n't just stand there shrieking at me ! |
| 34 | ‘ Well then , do n't just stand there talking about it … do it ! ’ |
| 35 | But do n't just stand there looking brave , press the trigger of yer gun and spray some slugs around . |
| 36 | Doctor , do n't just stand there smiling like an idiot . |
| 37 | She could n't just stand by ; it was all or nothing . |
| 38 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there ! |
| 39 | Do n't just stand there ! |
| 40 | ‘ I ca n't stop such outrages but I ca n't just stand by and let them continue . |
| 41 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there and bloody watch me . |
| 42 | ‘ Do n't just stand there , you bove , ’ snapped a slim woman in a black catsuit . |
| 43 | " If I 'm going somewhere I do n't just stand . |
| 44 | ‘ Do n't just stand there , ’ said the sword ( in a voice like the sound of a finger dragged around the rim of a large empty wine glass ) . |
| 45 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there , say something — like it 's wonderful , fabulous ! ’ |
| 46 | ‘ Do n't just stand there , ’ he said , ‘ find out what the hell she means , say something . ’ |
| 47 | ‘ Do n't just stand there , ’ she said . |
| 48 | Do n't just stand there ! |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | Lucie turned waspishly on his daughter : ‘ Do n't just stand there . |
| 51 | Do n't just stand there like a dummy . |
| 52 | ‘ Well do n't just stand there . |
| 53 | Do n't just stand there with that hateful expression on your face ! ’ |
| 54 | ‘ Do n't just stand there glowering at me , ’ Damian murmured sardonically . |
| 55 | cos we ca n't just stand by and watch her fade away can we ? |
| 56 | And I mean you do n't just stand at your window but at some time or other |
| 57 | Apparently even if I was within the time limit of twenty-eight weeks ' pregnancy — which of course I 'm not — I could n't possibly stand an eight-hour flight ; I 've got a touch of toxaemia — ’ |
| 58 | ‘ It 's still the best kept secret in Belfast , but the station will become a household name and it wo n't ever stand still , ’ he promised . |
| 59 | Those of us who did n't join up until 1943 , either because we were too young or like me in a reserved occupation , did n't really stand much chance of promotion , not unless we were absolutely brilliant and not many of us were that . |
| 60 | I remember later he said ( Professor Higgins again ) , you do n't really stand a dog 's chance anyhow . |