Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Peter , stands down at BP in spring next year . |
| 2 | Roy Hattersley is to stand down with Mr Kinnock . |
| 3 | Peter Swales : ‘ waiting for the right offer ’ to stand down at Maine Road |
| 4 | Mrs Grant has decided to stand down from HIE , where she has been on the board since its inception two years ago , because of increasing work commitments . |
| 5 | ( They disport themselves to accommodate the next piece of mime , which consists of the PLAYER himself exhibiting an excitable anguish ( choreographed , stylized ) leading to an impassioned scene with the QUEEN ( cf. " The Closet Scene " , Shakespeare Act III , scene iv ) and a very stylized reconstruction of a POLONIUS figure being stabbed behind the arras ( the murdered KING to stand in for POLONIUS ) while the PLAYER himself continues his breathless commentary for the benefit of ROS and GUIL . ) |
| 6 | Or , from the Viz diary of a made-up Hollywood stunt man : ‘ I was asked to stand in for Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon II , but I turned it down 'cos Patsy Kensit 's got tits like fried eggs . ’ |
| 7 | She moved to Tonight , The Nine O'Clock News and The Six O'Clock News before leaving current affairs to stand in for Wogan . |
| 8 | Simon Povoas , the replacement on Saturday , stands in for Richards again and Jez Harris , a bench reserve of late , gets a run at outside-half instead of Ainscough . |
| 9 | Russ Abbot stands in for Leslie Crowther |
| 10 | Derek Andrews should be sampling but G. stands in during Andrews ' holidays . |
| 11 | Everyone , that is , except 20-year-old Darcey Bussell , who , as the rich fleshpot 's daughter Ganzatti , stands up to Asylnuratova 's presence with a staggering authority . |
| 12 | There 's a man , Steve , stands up in Hyde Park every Sunday er talking about communism and socialism . |
| 13 | The government found itself derided for its failure to stand up for Serbia , assert Russian interests in the Straits — the focal point of nationalist aspiration — and face the confrontation between Slav and Teuton which was widely thought to be inevitable . |
| 14 | Clarissa would have liked to stand up for Charles , but it came out as nothing more positive than ‘ Oh ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ I am demonstrating that I want to stand up for Hong Kong 's interests . |
| 16 | Reports from Kampuchea claim that the country 's 35,000-man army is good enough to stand up to Khmer Rouge incursions . |
| 17 | Maxine Johnson , who had been uneasy at his interview , was worried about whether Sutton would ‘ be able to stand up to Pilger ’ . |
| 18 | The Office of Fair Trading chose not to examine this market and the Hatton Garden traders have not always been able to stand up to Ratner 's negotiating muscle . |
| 19 | Frankly , I do n't think he has the moral power or courage to stand up to Dublin and take Dublin on . |
| 20 | I could n't imagine any of them having the nerve to stand up to Filmer and demand their money . |
| 21 | I thought Bobby Carter was a brave man to stand up to Billy , and him twice his size . ’ |
| 22 | Phacelia ‘ Lavender Lass ’ , a new hardy annual with large , white-eyed , lilac flowers , really stands out from T&M , as does ‘ Cherry Blossom ’ , the pink and white form of Salvia coccinea , a lovely partner for last year 's ‘ Lady in Red ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ William , stand in for Christine . ’ |
| 24 | Do n't be a Chocolate Teapot , melting away when the heat 's turned up at school ; stand up for God and know that he loves you enough to help you through each day , however hot it gets . |
| 25 | Cordelia , Kent , and France , who stand up to Lear , and whose judgement mutually reinforces one another , are right then , and are shown to be right by the way the action develops . |
| 26 | Layton described the four things which stand out in Leonard , which give him the confidence to work as he does , and promote his work : The strong tradition of learning ; the business entrepreneurship of his family ; the broad philanthropy/charity which hall-marked it ; and , lastly , the self-awareness that comes from being a Cohen — not understood as class-distinction , but from the high symbolism of ‘ the priest and his role . ’ |
| 27 | Could he stand in for Clinton ? |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | 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 . |