Example sentences of "stand [adv] for [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first he was asked to stand literally for a couple of seconds before being praised and asked to walk on . |
| 2 | His counterpart in ‘ Pride and Prejudice ’ — George Wickham — stands also for the rejection of society 's standards , but he turns out to be a rake and a liar — a totally unsuitable match for any of the Longbourne girls . |
| 3 | Did you know Jehovah 's organizations always changes , not with it , but to combat it that way it comes to work , it keeps us alive , it keeps us on our toes , and so we could go on and on in saying well look keep away , stay awake and do everything that we should and , and we can stand here for the rest of the talk saying well do it , do it , do it but that 's easy for me to do that is n't it ? |
| 4 | Last night Schools Minister Michael Fallon , standing again for the Tories in Darlington , warned that meddling with the CTCs would be ‘ a disaster . ’ |
| 5 | Barrio had stood unsuccessfully for the governorship of Chihuahua in 1986 , and claimed that Fernando Baeza Melendez of the PRI had won that election fraudulently . |
| 6 | I must have stood there for a couple of hours , getting more and more fed up as my imagination worked overtime . |
| 7 | They stood together for a moment in the doorway , linking arms proudly . |
| 8 | They stood then for a moment in mutual silence and surprise , rather as Sophia and Rupert had stood on Ianthe 's doorstep , or like two strange cats meeting each other for the first time . |
| 9 | I stood there for a while in the damp grey afternoon and whispered : ‘ Godspeed . ’ |
| 10 | Adam closed the front door and stood there for a moment as if he could not wrench himself away . |
| 11 | They stood there for a moment without speaking . |
| 12 | She stood there for a moment in confusion , the lantern in her hand shedding a golden light on the creamy folds of her dress where the dark fur had fallen open over it , her hand to her eyes , shading them against the lantern light , her brow creased with puzzlement . |