stand still
hold still

In fact, I try to make time itself stand still here.

Once on the other side he stood still and looked around.

Time, these past 30 years, might just as well have stood still.

I stand still for a moment, thinking of what might have been.

The girl was standing still in front of the door.

She got up and stood still in the middle of her room.

These last weeks the world seemed to be standing still.

And then he saw something to make his heart stand still.

He stood still for a moment, looking into the park.

He stood still and my mind started working on the problem.

All he knew for sure was he'd never find out standing still.

We stood still for about three minutes, and nothing happened.

For a moment all she could do was stand still.

His mother looked at him, and her heart stood still.

For a moment he stood still, getting hold of himself.

I put down the phone and stand still for a moment, thinking.

Now stand still and let me do what I have to.

He stood still for a moment and looked at me.

Second, in science, to stand still is to fall behind.

Time stood still here, it seemed all those years ago.

Other programs are not standing still while 12 gets off the ground.

She'll have to run very hard in order to stand still, if you see what I mean.

They never stand still and let you mark them,' he says.

But time does not stand still, though the Sun be lost.

He stood still a moment, as one who is trying to believe something and cannot.

They held still as the man went back in the door.

Now, how about you hold still for me this time?

He held still and she got another bit of lead.

I think we just need to hold still for a little while and keep on looking.

As if time would just hold still until they were ready.

Now just hold still a moment, while I get this open.

Now listen and hold still while I tell you two things.

It took everything in her to hold still and wait.

She held still for a moment and decided that they were ahead of her.

He made to move, then held still, a second sound coming to his notice.

He held still for a moment, trying to think through the pain in his brain.

Hold still there, we'll get you back to the station.

She held still, lying just as they had put her.

It was always the same back that held still for the others to write on.

I tried to lie down, but there was no way to hold still.

He held still for a second and then kissed her back.

So for a while both held still, their hands touching.

Her feet kept shifting no matter how hard she tried to hold still.

"And hold still because I want to break in the eggs."

And there was just one guy he could think of who might hold still for a bite.

At the least, a subject had to consent to hold still.

The first few times was because he wouldn't hold still.

She held still to my ankle, her small hands about it.

Finally he understood that they were asking him to hold still.