Sentence examples for simply stood there from inspiring English sources

The train simply stood there on the tracks all night.

Schafer had no truck with winking, bumping or grinding, but simply stood there, imperturbably.

At one point, with great eloquence, he simply stood there and rotated his wrists so that his palms faced us.

Then I simply stood there, in a state of paralysis, amazed at how feeble I had suddenly become.

It never occurred to him to beg; he didn't look for crumbs on the floor but simply stood there with his eyes closed, enjoying the warmth.

Davis played the passing lanes, funneled his man into Chandler and simply stood there as a decoy when his isolation-happy teammates scored.

It simply stands there in its light-hearted, lovable glory.

"If any prison warder wants a problem I will simply stand there nodding, wait for them to let off abuse and shut the door.

You are expected to exfoliate and moisturise the day before, but other than that, you simply stand there while someone air-brushes you with the "sun-spray".

We gaze from the front window until he turns the corner and then we simply stand there, watching the empty street, wondering what to do next.

The wave held up beautifully, and I made it easily, although the final, house-thick section next to the channel shot me out so fast that I had to abandon all pretense of control and simply stand there, knees bent, a gratified passenger.