Example sentences of "he stood [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus when Clarkson spoke movingly to the gathered World Convention of 1840 he was intended to symbolise continuity and provide in what he stood for a unifying focus . |
| 2 | He stood for a few moments thinking , and looking apprehensively from one stallion to the other . |
| 3 | In 1981 he was chairman of the Computer Retailers ' Association , and he stood as a local government candidate for Rother Valley in the 1987 General Election . |
| 4 | He stood beside a muddy soccer pitch . |
| 5 | For a few months he stood on a European par with Adler and Liebknecht and tried to take responsibility for Russians interned after the Brest–Litovsk peace . |
| 6 | She had a great temptation to rest against him , but he stood with a swift movement that was all anger and sarcasm . |