| 1H6 I.iii.11 | [Gloucester to First Warder] whose will stands but mine? [i.e. only my command prevails here] |
| 3H6 I.i.117 | [Montague to Richard] Let's fight it out and not stand cavilling thus |
| 3H6 II.iii.25 | [Warwick to all] Why stand we like soft-hearted women here |
| Cor III.ii.51.1 | [Volumnia to Coriolanus, of policy] it shall hold companionship in peace / With honour as in war, since that to both / It stands in like request [i.e. a combination of honour and policy is equally needed] |
| Cor IV.v.26 | [Coriolanus to Third Servingman] Let me but stand |
| E3 IV.ii.83 | [Captain to King Edward] Had we not been persuaded ... / We had not stood upon defiance so |
| H8 II.ii.50 | [Suffolk to Norfolk, of Wolsey] As I am made without him, so I'll stand |
| H8 V.i.127 | [King Henry to Cranmer] Know you not / How your state stands i'th' world |
| JC V.i.93 | [Cassius to Brutus] The gods today stand friendly [i.e. may they remain friendly] |
| KJ III.i.89 | [Constance to King Philip, of the marriage day being recognized in the calendar] if it must stand still, let wives with child / Pray that their burdens may not fall this day |
| KL I.ii.3 | [Edmund alone] Wherefore should I / Stand in the plague of custom |
| KL III.vi.93 | [Gloucester to disguised Kent, of Lear] his life, / With thine ... / Stand in assured loss |
| KL III.vi.98 | [disguised Kent to Lear, of Lear's shattered nerves] Which, if convenience will not allow, / Stand in hard cure |
| KL IV.vi.214.1 | [Gentleman to disguised Edgar, of the French army] The main descry / Stands on the hourly thought [i.e. is expected from hour to hour] |
| Mac III.i.4 | [Banquo alone, as if to Macbeth, of his becoming king] It should not stand in thy posterity |
| Mac III.iii.4.2 | [First Murderer to Third Murderer] Then stand with us |
| MM III.ii.252 | [disguised Duke alone] Grace to stand, and virtue go |
| MW III.ii.56 | [Page to Slender, of his intentions towards Anne] I stand wholly for you |
| MW V.v.223 | [Ford to all] Stand not amazed |
| RJ V.iii.10 | [Page to himself] I am almost afraid to stand alone / Here in the churchyard |
| TNK III.ii.20 | [Gaoler's Daughter alone] How stand I then? [i.e. how does that leave me?] |
| TNK III.vi.229 | [Emilia to Theseus] If such vows / Stand for express will [i.e. represent your final decision] |
| TNK III.vi.289 | [Theseus to all, of his judgement about Palamon and Arcite] it stands, / Or both shall die |
| TS IV.iii.44.2 | [Katherina to Petruchio, of the food he has brought] I pray you, let it stand |