Example sentences of "[conj] stand up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although a lot of his story is still relevant to us cos you can see it in today 's life when people stand up for themselves or stand up for their faith or what they believe in and you look around you , you can see violence and being done to them . |
| 2 | Perhaps I would move , or stand up , or … |
| 3 | Being told to do things like not run in the corridor , or stand up when the governor comes in . |
| 4 | There 's nothing you can do except stand up for your own and try and get Liam out before two o'clock . |
| 5 | The gluteus maximus muscle in the buttocks makes it possible to pull the legs back , push the hips forward and stand up straight . |
| 6 | This is the music playing in a thousand thousand houses while we have our drinks and eat our meals and stand up and shout . |
| 7 | Now I can put both feet flat on the floor and stand up straight without slouching or bending a knee or looking strained in any way . |
| 8 | It should be noted before going any further that for a sample survey to be of any value at all the sampling procedure must be open to scrutiny and stand up to criticism . |
| 9 | Will you leave go , lad , and stand up … |
| 10 | LEGO : Ole Kirk Christiansen , a jobless carpenter in Denmark , had the idea to make good toys that would appeal to children 's imaginations and stand up to rough handling . |
| 11 | And stand up when you speak to me ! ’ |
| 12 | Your chances of getting what you want out of life improve greatly when you let others know what you want and stand up for your own rights and needs . |
| 13 | The works , in whatever medium , must be self-sufficient and stand up for themselves . |
| 14 | People who want to see a strong , unified , modern , industrial China created which is able to defend its territorial integrity , its independence and stand up for itself er in the world . |
| 15 | and stand up on the pedals as I passed |
| 16 | There appear to be four main Soviet categories for Latin American regimes : ( i ) ‘ revolutionary democratic ’ states or ( a label rarely applied ) states of ‘ socialist orientation ’ , such as post-1979 Nicaragua and 1979–83 Grenada ; ( ii ) capitalist , yet ‘ progressive ’ and ‘ anti-imperialist regimes which are willing to be friendly to the Soviet Union and stand up to the United States , such as Mexico and panama ( particularly under General Omar Torrijos ( 1969–81 ) , who negotiated a treaty with the Carter administration providing for complete Panamanian sovereignty over the Canal by 1999 , a campaign that was strongly supported by Moscow ) . |
| 17 | " And forests do n't forget your trembly leaves And stand up straight and tall , " |
| 18 | In school I was prepared to handle my life and stand up for myself . |
| 19 | At Finsbury Park tube a shambling white man comes up , blood from a cut drying on his brow , trying to beg with dignity and stand up at the same time . |
| 20 | I leaned over the girl who was squirming like a landed fish trying to get her balance and stand up . |
| 21 | And , and draw it , and stand up and think how you 're going to do it , and maybe you sort of , you know , sit here or something , when I 've gone and face the window and say , that 's North , and I must make sure I get it set up , get this the right way up and , |
| 22 | Yes , yes well we ca n't talk you see , we do n't know , we do n't know what 's happening , but she 's been suffering a lot with her back just now and she put that off you know that because she 's not attending the meetings , she ca n't sit , and if she comes to the meetings she ca n't sit down , she stands up , props herself against the wall and stand up right at the back so , we do n't know you see |
| 23 | affairs and stand up and recite them |
| 24 | Antony Yes Antony , come and stand up over here now . |
| 25 | The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can . |
| 26 | I 'm concerned with er third world issues and the wider world , and the need for the Church to be prophetic and stand up and be counted for the sake of justice . |
| 27 | What else could she do , Merrill asked herself , but stand up , pleasantly acquiescent because of Richard 's presence , and let Luke take her arm and lead her into a room which had been cleared for dancing ? |
| 28 | Thank you , yes they should be but stand up and I 'm only trying to help in the situation . |
| 29 | Yeah that was really good when stand up there |