Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If Americans did n't stand up for Americans , why should Greeks stand up for … ? |
| 32 | And it meant she could stand up for Darren , who showed no sign of needing anything but his hard little fists and a certain way with words . |
| 33 | Now that both the Secretary of State for Defence and the Prime Minister have comprehensively rubbished those assurances , will the Secretary of State for Scotland have to eat humble pie again or will he stand up for Scotland and make this a resignation issue ? |
| 34 | Ms Hutchison did not boost her case , however , by asserting in a recent televised debate that she is ‘ a fighter ’ who will stand up for Texas in the Senate . |
| 35 | Terry Storry is standing in for Hugh Mantle at Liverpool Polytechnic while Hugh takes a year out to coach the British men 's kayak slalom team ( Aug , p19 ) . |
| 36 | The Bishop of Tewkesbury , who 's been standing in for Bishop Peter , spoke of his sadness over the resignation . |
| 37 | I forgot to mention earlier that I 'll be standing in for emergency cover tonight . ’ |
| 38 | Well , I was there , behind the bar , standing in for Marcus , for a few minutes he said , more like two hours , so I saw it all develop . |
| 39 | Mr , standing in for Mr . |
| 40 | The deputy Labour leader , Margaret Beckett , told Tony Newton , the leader of the Commons , who was standing in for Mr Major at Question Time : ‘ How would you feel if you were serving in the British Army under fire in Bosnia and were handed a P45 ? ’ |
| 41 | When she first stood in for Terry Wogan she insisted , ‘ I love standing in for Wogan but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights and me swooping down a staircase . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ I love standing in for Wogan , but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights ’ |
| 43 | While making this last scene , the stuntman standing in for Robert Wagner — playing McQueen 's co-pilot-was killed while making the jump . |
| 44 | Silas went on , ‘ You must also realise that standing in for Stella has more to it than turning a sausage on the barbecue . |
| 45 | ‘ I 'm standing in for Stella — as I 've already told you . ’ |
| 46 | I WOULD like to say how much I have enjoyed listening to former Labour leader Neil Kinnock , right , while he has been standing in for Jimmy Young on Radio 2 . |
| 47 | Similarly we asked the panel to rate the four party leaders , Thatcher , Kinnock , Steel , and Owen , on twelve more personal scales : being decisive , trustworthy , energetic , willing to listen , well informed , caring , a good leader of a team , tough , likeable , and standing up for Britain ‘ s interests against the European Community , the USA , and the USSR . |
| 48 | Government were to be warmly congratulated for standing up for Britain at Brussels . |
| 49 | Standing up for koi : well-fed fish leave tadpoles in peace |
| 50 | President Bill Clinton , giving his first formal press conference since he took office two months ago , said Mr Yeltsin had shown a great deal of courage in standing up for democracy , civil liberties and market reforms . |
| 51 | I like a bit of dominant , you know standing up for people in my woman . |
| 52 | The Arts : Standing up for God and country Johnny Cash , minstrel of hard liquor , soft women and the myth of the Old West , still looks good at 60 . |
| 53 | Standing up for pensioners has rarely been popular except among pensioners . |
| 54 | The Labour party has form in standing up for secrecy in local government , in opposing the publication of school results or of any other kind of league table . |
| 55 | A sedentary existence or a job that keeps you standing around for hours is liable to encourage a poor circulation as well as allowing the buttock and thigh muscles to become weak and flabby , making cellulite much worse . |
| 56 | Thus , while Corporal Weatherall and a growing force of commandos were on interminable training exercises , or standing by for operations that were cancelled before they got afloat , very few slipped the mesh of authority . |
| 57 | We can imagine them standing by for orders to levy and equip soldiers from among their lords ' tenants when the king summoned his tenants-in-chief to furnish them . |
| 58 | Proud and pleased to be playing opposite Frank Donovan who had once stood in for Hayden Coffin . |
| 59 | Germans have stood up for freedom . |
| 60 | Those people have stood up for justice , despite the abuse that they received from the public . |