Example sentences of "[pron] stood for a " in BNC.
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| 61 | He stood for a moment , and without a sound fell off the hillside . |
| 62 | Out in the street he stood for a while , obstructing the pavement . |
| 63 | He stood for a while , watching the pyrotechnic chaos in the yard below , then moved slowly back into the banqueting hall . |
| 64 | He stood for a moment on the promenade in the same huddled way , and then he made his way slowly towards a green-painted seat and sat slowly down on it . |
| 65 | He stood for a moment admiring it . |
| 66 | He stood for a while in the darkness , hoping that perhaps one of the nuns , Lady Amelia or Dame Agatha , would follow him out , but no one came . |
| 67 | He stood for a minute or so gazing down expressionlessly at the pale , bloodless face of the Prophet . |
| 68 | He stood for a moment , gun held loosely at waist level , trying to get his bearings . |
| 69 | Retreating to the edge of the clearing , he stood for a full five minutes , listening intently to the night sounds for anything out of place . |
| 70 | He stood for a moment listening to her standing still on the other side of the door , then heard her footsteps moving slowly away . |
| 71 | He stood for a move away from the traditional Democratic identification with " big government " and their vote-losing image as high taxers . |
| 72 | He stood for a moment , frowning , his head nodding , not looking at anyone . |
| 73 | He stood for a while , looking round about at the quiet dunes and the settling birds . |
| 74 | And as Morse opened his passenger door , he stood for a while looking up at the Pole Star , and asking himself the question he had been asking for the past two hours : was there any way in which Downes could still have been the murderer after all ? |
| 75 | He stood for a moment or two at the spot where Francis 's body had been found . |
| 76 | He held McAllister 's hand for a little longer than propriety might demand , and the pair of them stood for a moment , rapt , until the surgery boy , who ran the doctor 's errands on his bike , delivered prescriptions and generally did a great deal of donkey work , knocked on the door before he came in , saying excitedly and importantly , ‘ You 're wanted , Dr Neil , sir . |