Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] stand " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned and went back into the inn , but he could only just stand on his feet . |
| 2 | I think Mr Wright realises he has produced a piece of special pleading that does not wholly stand up , but it is difficult not to feel sympathy with his assertion : The past can not be changed , but what we make of it certainly can . |
| 3 | It does not necessarily stand to gain by promoting the reproduction of its ‘ individual ’ plant . |
| 4 | In later chapters we shall prove several results of the above type where the symbols used will not necessarily stand for integers . |
| 5 | When she felt she could not naturally stand by the window any longer she went and inspected the gritty old review copies of books which had somehow collected over the years on the office shelves — Take Your Car to North Africa ! |
| 6 | ‘ Let's not just stand here then , ’ said Santa , ‘ Let's have a scrumptious Christmas lunch . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The offer I made to him to buy his shares before all this unsavoury business began does not still stand . |
| 8 | Aesthetic and romantic ideas of the beneficent properties of ‘ natural ’ remedies do not always stand up to the realities of practical life . |
| 9 | Indeed the habits of our civilised forebears at work and play would not always stand up to the scrutiny of the modern conscience . |
| 10 | While the procedure was to some extent artificial and led to conclusions that did not always stand up to later study , it did at least mean that the different forms of early Christian teaching could now be admitted for discussion , and the possibility of real conflict between opposing views recognised as a natural and proper element in the development . |
| 11 | Index terms do not always stand alone , but are sometimes defined more precisely by the use of both qualifiers and scope notes . |
| 12 | This will not always stand up to present day expectations about democratic management . |
| 13 | The typically inner shape is high and wide so you can at the least sit up comfortably — in some of the models you can just about stand . |
| 14 | ‘ Look , Mum , ’ he said , ‘ I can just about stand Christmas dinner as a family get-together . |
| 15 | And yet Alice kept thinking that Pat , no matter how committed she sounded now , did not really stand by Bert . |
| 16 | But this time , once in a millenium , they do not simply stand outside a lighted window , looking in at what they 've lost . |
| 17 | Language does not simply stand as a signifier for some thing , an exact reference between a word and a thing . |
| 18 | Hecate immediately warns the audience , in a speech displaced to the opening , that it is confronted by a chaotic world in which Scotland does not even stand where it did . |
| 19 | He could not even stand on it . |
| 20 | ‘ She could not even stand by herself yet she has has been the victim of a most brutal assault in her own bed . |
| 21 | Chapters 4 to 6 are art historical , interpreting about 800 years , beginning with a time when a miniaturist copied approved models with almost or actual religious obedience , and ending in a period in the early Renaissance when an illuminator does not even stand up when the Chancellor of France enters the room or when John of Holland can complain that Jacquemart de Hesdin has stolen his private pattern sheets in 1398 . |
| 22 | Bridget Ewing has indicated her willingness to once again stand for re-election ; however if there are any nominations for this position will you please send them in to Hilda at the Office by 2nd April or as time is short and you know of anyone who would like to be proposed — please ring Hilda with her name BUT this must be followed up with written confirmation . |
| 23 | Well , do n't just stand there , Lilian dear . |
| 24 | Do n't just stand there watching ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there ! ’ he yelled . |
| 26 | A Shamen show is designed so you do n't just stand and stare at the band : and though the live act might be the heart of the show , the spectacle of Colin ( cropped Aberdeen curls , Trotsky shades ) , and Will ( shoulder length braided locks , shabby green fatigues ) is only part of an evening of light , music and effects that now involves around ten people . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , do n't just stand there gaping , ’ bellowed the Headmaster . |
| 28 | Something about them made him feel deeply afraid , but he knew that he could n't just stand there . |
| 29 | ‘ Do n't just stand there girls ! ’ bellowed Miss Hardbroom , ‘ Catch the creature ! ’ |
| 30 | So I have to do something because I ca n't just stand idle and let my kids die . ’ |