Example sentences of "[pron] stood for [art] " in BNC.

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1 I stood for a long time in a telephone box just to keep out of the slicing rain .
2 I stood for a long while looking at Voting Right .
3 This done , I stood for a moment looking across at the broch islet .
4 I stood for a moment looking at the mattress on the bed where a knife had been used to open up the sides .
5 I stood for a long time , staring at the mirror .
6 Dad Tam : " You promise me you will never tell anybody " til " am deed that I stood for the man who made that statue . "
7 But our to avoid that situation I left and went to work with which kept me in the Edinburgh branch and within three or four weeks I stood for the local organizer and had not been successful .
8 When er I stood for the election of the national organizers for the East of Scotland and I was successful there and I left the Edinburgh branch in May nineteen sixty six to start work with the head office in nine May nineteen sixty six .
9 In 1913 Malevitch , whose work at this period showed traces of both Cubist and Futurist influence , was preparing to launch the Suprematist movement which stood for a more purely abstract style than anything yet seen .
10 And then every year after that , they used to hold the one minute 's silence which the mill whistles went and of course you stood for a minute and then they went again and that was it over .
11 She stood for a moment on the other side of the room , sizing me up ( and me sizing her up ) , and then she came over to speak to me .
12 I had an old air-raid shelter , partly dug into the ground because of the slope : there was a load of stones on top , waiting to turn the shelter into an apple store disguised as a rockery , and when Mrs Wilson saw this she stood for a long time looking at the hump in the ground and the pile of stones .
13 She stood for a few moments catching her breath , then continued through to the kitchen .
14 Dalgliesh waited until Meg had unlocked the front door and stepped inside before saying his final goodnight , and she stood for a moment watching his tall figure striding down the gravel path and into the darkness .
15 She stood for a moment , her eyes closed , trying to collect her thoughts , while she struggled to put on her gloves .
16 She stood for a moment behind the thick black curtain , unwilling to pull it aside .
17 It was something that had never happened before and she stood for a moment trying to control the thoughts that raced through her head .
18 She stood for a moment staring round at the flickering shadows thrown by the lone candle , the fire had died long since and the room was cold and suddenly lonely .
19 There she stood for a long time , gazing out to sea , her heart full of sadness and her eyes full of tears .
20 She stood for a moment looking at them , and saw how their heads were tilted in the listening attitudes of forest creatures , how their ears were pricked , and how their eyes were bright and intelligent .
21 She stood for a moment with her head on one side , listening intently .
22 Melissa found its clean , uncluttered lines at once calming and uplifting , and she stood for a few moments just inside the door , absorbing the tranquil atmosphere .
23 She was still sick at heart when she passed down through the last glade and found herself staring at the Lodge 's covert thatch , its closed door , She stood for a time in the yard outside , afraid to enter .
24 She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair .
25 When he had gone , she stood for a long time in front of the looking-glass that hung over the fire , her hands pressed to her cheeks , her face quite alive with excitement .
26 She stood for a moment , looking round her , waiting for the onrush of some emotion — nostalgia , maybe , or regret .
27 She stood for a moment beside Melissa , looking up at the portrait .
28 Valerie Stevens had been in the house to get more coffee and as she stepped through the patio doors she stood for a moment staring at Rachel in horror , having only heard the last part of the conversation .
29 She stood for a long time , trying to make sense of her feelings , the words he had said tumbling around in her brain .
30 Sophie nodded as she cleaned up the wound , then , after giving an injection of antibiotic , she stood for a moment in thought .
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