Example sentences of "[vb mod] stand [adv prt] [prep] court " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can imagine you could stand up in court and say a thing like that without blinking an eye , ’ he said as if the thought astonished him . |
| 2 | ‘ Not one that would stand up in court . ’ |
| 3 | The District Attorney ( this is an American story ) believes the prisoners to be guilty of a serious crime , but has no proof that would stand up in court . |
| 4 | But his distaste went deeper than irritation at an unwelcome complication to his inquiry , at the bizarre intrusion of irrationality into a job so firmly rooted in the search for evidence which would stand up in court , documented , demonstrable , real . |
| 5 | At best it is an armchair consideration of whether the case would stand up in court . |
| 6 | ‘ Well that 's the case anyway : whether it would stand up in court you 're the lawyer you 'd know better than I but we 're not talking about courts and proof just leaks and public opinion . |
| 7 | ‘ Nothing that would stand up in court . ’ |
| 8 | Can detective constable come to court , show the jury , hand out to the jury the statement which would stand up in court ? |