Example sentences of "and [verb] stand for " in BNC.
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| 1 | to your Council did I knock on the door and say standing for the Liberal Democrats , they said well we 're not sure it 's the way we are going to vote for you , we may vote for somebody else . |
| 2 | Remove the meat from the pan and allow to stand for a few minutes before slicing . |
| 3 | Remove from the heat and allow to stand for 2–3 minutes before serving . |
| 4 | Then cover and turn off the heat and allow to stand for 1 hour . |
| 5 | Slightly bruise the leaves , add the boiling water , cover the bowl and allow to stand for about 10 minutes . |
| 6 | Pour boiling water onto the mushrooms and leave to stand for at least 15min . |
| 7 | Sprinkle the yeast over the water in a cup and leave to stand for a few minutes in a warm place before stirring to completely dissolve the yeast . |
| 8 | Pour boiling water on to the leaves in a clean container or teapot and leave to stand for 3–10 minutes ( no longer , otherwise the flavour changes ) . |
| 9 | Add vegetables to oil mixture , toss together and leave to stand for 15 minutes . |
| 10 | Clara had visited this shop many times , and had stood for hours surreptitiously reading C. P. Snow , Tolkien , D. H. Lawrence and the poems of T. S. Eliot . |
| 11 | He had thrown aside his own robe then , and had stood for a moment looking down at her , the firelight playing over his body , and Grainne had felt her senses tumble , for surely , oh surely there had never been anything so beautiful and so strong … |
| 12 | Saúl Ubaldini , secretary-general of the CGT and leader of the Azopardo wing , had opposed the austerity policies of President Carlos Saúl Menem , and had stood for the Congress in September 1991 but was heavily defeated [ see p. 38434 ] . |
| 13 | The CaCl 2 /DNA mis was added dropwise to an equal volume of 0.2µm-filtered 2 HEPES-buffered saline ( 280mM NaCl , 10mM KCl , 1.5mM Na 2 HPO 4 .2H2O , 12mM dextrose , 50mM HEPES , pH adjusted to 7.05 with 0.5N NaOH ) and left to stand for 20 minutes at RT . |