Example sentences of "[art] [noun] to stand on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er these little feet here are for the roller to stand on . |
| 2 | And use part of the platform to stand on while you continue building |
| 3 | I am not writing to discuss the subject of inflation although give a soap-box to stand on I could go on for ever . |
| 4 | He forgot that when he came to hang up Vechey 's corpse the river would have risen , covering any suitable platform for a suicide to stand on . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Mr ’ Habsburg may not have a throne to sit on , he does have a leg to stand on . |
| 6 | The family did n't have a leg to stand on and so I advised . |
| 7 | Worry not , Bob , they would n't have a leg to stand on … |
| 8 | Any solicitor will tell you , if you 're cohabiting and the man leaves you , you have n't got a leg to stand on . |
| 9 | Later , the man who always insisted he was merely Fergie 's adviser would be left without a leg to stand on |
| 10 | But equally clearly , these ‘ other expressions ’ must be chosen with care : in considering to pull someone 's leg , for instance , there is little point in referring to pull in to pull a fast one , or leg in He has n't a leg to stand on . |
| 11 | CPRW 's Director , who moved the declaration , said : ‘ When it comes to complaining about ‘ EC centralism ’ the UK Government has n't a leg to stand on . |
| 12 | You know I mean can you think of anything more ridiculous with there you go they probably have n't got any other leg to stan I mean that 's no leg to stand on but they 've got nothing else to say really you know . |
| 13 | The little semi-det that Maxim 's parents had bought when they retired to the outskirts of Littlehampton sported a Geor-gian bow window , timber cladding above the garage — which had a metal door — and tile-hung patches around the first-floor windows , whose balconies were just big enough for a seagull to stand on . |