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"When he came in, you've never seen a group stand to attention the way we did."

The line of soldiers was still half standing to attention when I went through them.

One of them sat immediately, the other stood to attention.

The hair at the back of my neck stood to attention.

The big man shouted an order, and they again stood to attention.

The woman was standing to attention, staring straight in front of her.

Behind him two men stood to attention, like an honor guard.

The eleven people in the room quickly stood to attention as the President and his wife walked through the door.

The guide should have made us all stand to attention and salute.

The dock workers continued to stand to attention as they passed.

They stood to attention, not menacing, but there was no way around them.

It is difficult for an orangutan to stand to attention.

Many of them were in fact standing to attention.

Matthew stood to attention for a moment, then turned and left, his mind already racing.

He saw me and stood to attention, then relaxed when I waved at him.

She came and stood beside him, standing to attention like a soldier.

Then he marched up to the senior officers and stood to attention.

They also heard the stamp of boots as someone stood to attention outside the room.

They stood to attention and thanked me for arriving to them.

Unexpectedly he stood to attention, bowed his head, and moved to one side.

Then suddenly he stands to attention and sticks his left arm up in the air.

The first mercenary saw what the other had done, got to his feet, and stood to attention.

As they had been told to do, his men stood to attention in the double line, their expressions serious.

As the major entered, a lone police officer stood to attention.

No one was going to make him stand at attention.

She turned to see everyone else in the room standing at attention.

Then he stood at attention, as though making a report.

He stood at attention and looked up into my face.

It made every hair on his body stand at attention.

"On the half hour I get five minutes to stand at attention."

The hair on his arms was standing at attention, too.

She would stand at attention there, waiting to be of service.

We stood at attention as the young major walked to the front of the room.

The general comes in, and the entire room stands at attention.

He stood at attention and looked six inches over the general's head.

In such cases, the persons need only stop what they are doing and stand at attention.

The captain came up to us, and we stood at attention.

He pulled himself up and stood at attention, military style.

On either side of the road, men stood at attention by their guns.

But even so, each man stood at attention as the General approached.

The moment she touched me, the hair on my body stood at attention.

I stood at attention while he walked slowly around me.

I stood at attention to remind him of his position in society.

All three stood at attention in a single line beside their leader.

He stands at attention in front of the dozen men and women behind the long table.

After dark they were escorted out into the night and told to stand at attention.

The women covered themselves quickly and stood at attention to show their respect.

Then she stood at attention for a moment, hand on her heart to salute the Service dead.

President Smith took off his hat and stood at attention.