Example sentences of "stand [verb] at [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And though I am not sure I would be able to stand looking at it for the run of the show , William Holman Hunt 's hideous , hard-core Pre-Raphaelite head of Christ ‘ The Beloved ’ has the punch of a Gilbert and George . |
| 2 | There was a ‘ Sold ’ sticker on the board , and she stood gazing at it for a moment as though it might provide a magic solution to all her problems . |
| 3 | When , a minute later , he pulled on the handle of the iron bell and it clanged loudly , the door of a small house just beyond the gates opened and a man appeared and stood looking at them for a moment before speaking . |
| 4 | They got out and he stood looking at it for a moment or two before he walked to the door after Mary Rose . |
| 5 | She watched him hug the child to him , then straighten up , and now he stood glaring at her for a moment . |