Example sentences of "he stand [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Do you think he stands a chance , Stephen ? ’
2 Gravely he stands the child up , and restores the fire-engine .
3 Gaily had thought he stood a chance .
4 And then following in her footsteps , month after month , as if he stood a chance .
5 The justification for this practice was that the dealer who could do business with such clients would thrive in the dealing room proper where he stood a chance of getting reasonable leads .
6 A television commentator once said he stood no chance of becoming Hungary 's leader because he was too fat .
7 He realized full well that he stood no chance of getting further reinforcements , and anyway he would not have time to train them .
8 Steve Walsh glanced a header across to Joachim who planted the ball past Mike Salmon with such force he stood no chance .
9 But that made no difference — he knew he stood no chance against the oriental in single combat .
10 With a wounded arm and leg , he stood no chance at all .
11 He stood the boxes side by side and then realised that they were the same size .
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