Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] stead " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose that simple precept from that old foreman stood me in good stead for thirty odd years , until now . ’ |
| 2 | As a small boy , I devised my own set of cartoon animals , and they now stood me in good stead . |
| 3 | Burns 's poetry and songs have played an important part in my life from the earliest years , not only because of their simple beauty , but also because of their directness , honesty , and wry , lop-sided , humour ; the appreciation of which stood me in good stead the last time I was in Mauchline . |
| 4 | As I developed I became a big bloke and that stood me in good stead . |
| 5 | It was because the Communist Party fed me , that my learning stood me in good stead and I know at least this much and I live like this . |
| 6 | I was selling houses and apartments on a commission basis , and I think that my English accent stood me in good stead . |
| 7 | Yet I found that the breadth of my Scottish education stood me in good stead in the work of assessing and editing material from the whole agenda of a serious newspaper . |
| 8 | That , mixed with the mule 's contribution , produced an atmosphere in the cabin that stood me in good stead for the rest of my flying career . |
| 9 | It stood them in good stead again in 1976 when drought caused many villages to be supplied with stand pipes . |
| 10 | Whatever the case , the alliance which they had made with the family of L'Isle jourdain ( closely related to the Duèse clan ) , stood them in good stead with the Avignon papacy until John XXII 's death in 1334 . |
| 11 | The superior numbers of the Imperial army stood them in good stead : within a few minutes , Dara 's forces had broken through the rebels ' artillery and put to flight the infantry . |
| 12 | James had armed himself with the sword of Robert the Bruce , but it stood him in poor stead . |
| 13 | Despite his lack of political experience , Clouthier 's 20-year leadership of business organisations stood him in good stead . |
| 14 | Sartorial details aside , such efforts stood him in good stead with Disney . |
| 15 | The grounding Mr Morrison received at James Dowling 's feet stood him in good stead . |
| 16 | His previous experience stood him in good stead . |
| 17 | Beattie 's outstanding record as a dedicated social worker stood him in good stead at the ‘ Diplock ’ tribunal and partly explained the presence of a total of twenty-four persons who came to testify on his behalf . |
| 18 | Lanfranc , who had a practical mind , had foreseen this need when he was still prior of Bec , and had put together a collection of Canon Law , which stood him in good stead as archbishop . |
| 19 | The first study in recent years of this important Boston painter and teacher whose Paris training stood him in good stead in introducing into America a fascinating mixture of French Academicism , Barbizon and early Impressionism . |
| 20 | Minton , perceiving Cornish 's shyness , made him answer most of the questions and listened attentively to his replies , thereby forcing Cornish through the shyness barrier , an experience he ever afterwards felt stood him in good stead . |
| 21 | His early training as an engineer stood him in good stead , and he not only devised but also constructed most of the apparatus that he used . |
| 22 | During this period of voluntary ostracism from social contact with those around him , Mr Thesiger 's fondness for out-of-doors sports and predilection for the simple life stood him in good stead . |
| 23 | The experience in Gentle Jack and the speech that caused all the problems in that play stood him in good stead . |
| 24 | LOW cloud caused problems for some of the runners in the 11.5-mile Carneddau mountain race but Kevin Hagley 's navigational skills stood him in good stead . |
| 25 | And this stood him in good stead when he moved to the Darlington area . |
| 26 | experience of project managing the construction of a new store stood him in good stead for creating a corner of Cornwall in Stamford Street in just two days . |
| 27 | None the less , his fall from favour and loss of revenue farms and offices under the restored Commonwealth of 1659 may have been what stood him in best stead in the following year , rather than secret payments to the Royalist cause before May 1660 , for which there is no evidence beyond inference . |
| 28 | She is the first to admit that she was bitten by the Puppy Love bug from quite an early age — which stood her in good stead when it came to dealing with the opposite sex in later years . |
| 29 | Tamar found the side-saddle strange at first , but her previous experience stood her in good stead . |
| 30 | They stood her in good stead when her father enrolled her at her next school , Riddlesworth Hall , two hours ' drive from Park House . |