Example sentences of "[noun pl] stood [adv] for " in BNC.
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1 | Live snakes stood in for ropes , constricting viciously . |
2 | It is not certain how many of the leading members were privy to this scheme : Lloyd-Greame seems to have sat on the fence ; Hoare , Wood , Cave , Salisbury and some of the other peers stood out for Baldwin , but this was not contained in the advice which convinced Stamfordham . |
3 | But Mike Medavoy , head of Orion Pictures and producer of Colors stood up for him , saying , ‘ Give the kid a break . |
4 | As the flames died down and the dancers stood back for the family to precede them upstairs into the Long Room , there was a subtle change in the atmosphere . |
5 | An example was John Wilkins ' ‘ real character ’ of 1668 , in which symbols stood not for words but for things . |
6 | As always , however , a few items stood out for rarity , beauty , or sheer high price . |
7 | Well , it 's time we men stood up for ourselves . |
8 | The three men stood together for some time while the long-faced sheep ambled around them , sometimes coming close to examine them but scuttering away at the slightest of their movements , sending a ripple of bells through the whole flock . |