If I had just stood there waiting, I would have left after two minutes.

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But I just stood there like a tragic fool and watched him go.

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He just stood there, waiting.

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He just stood there, still.

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People just went to the nearest radio and stood there listening until the broadcast was over.

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She stood there for 15 minutes, just chatting.

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Just a few metres from where the buttonwood once stood, there is a coffee shop for traders thriving once again.

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Squad just off-court spinning like tops, Ms. Yusaf stood there silently preparing to follow them into the stands to rev up the crowd.

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"Michael Vaughan said to me 'just go out there and be positive, be the aggressor' and it stood me in good stead, " he added.

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But there again, I am just going to say I am very proud of what Mike stood for and his loyalty to his country and the loyalty to the people he worked are for and the things that he did.

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The ones who were there at the start knew they should have done something to stop it, but they all just stood watching, about eight or ten at the beginning and then more, the entire queue from the kebab shop pouring out onto the pavement to see what was going on.

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