Example sentences of "he stood [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Creed had requisitioned an open car , and he stood for the entire procession , as a mark of his own personal respect for the deceased . |
| 2 | But Gloucester also insisted throughout that he stood for the continuance of Edward IV 's regime , an emphasis which inevitably played down the political significance of the ‘ outs ’ . |
| 3 | Its citizens presumably believed that their interests would be better served if Henry won , for he stood for the preservation of a single sovereign authority ruling in Poitou , England and Normandy , in other words over both ends of La Rochelle 's trade , over wine-growers and wine-drinkers . |
| 4 | But Gloucester also insisted throughout that he stood for the continuance of Edward IV 's regime , an emphasis which inevitably played down the political significance of the ‘ outs ’ . |
| 5 | In 1964 he stood for the pretty safe ( at the time ) Conservative seat of Glasgow Pollok . |
| 6 | At the election he stood as the architect 's architect , pledged to stand up for quality of design . |
| 7 | He stood as the Liberal Party candidate in Edinburgh in the 1966 and 1970 elections and joined the BNP two years ago . |
| 8 | She could tell this by looking at his back as he stood at the bar ordering more drinks . |
| 9 | He stood at the ornate head of the stairs and listened . |
| 10 | When she left him , he stood at the window for a long time , looking out over the newly-awakened countryside . |
| 11 | Whenever he stood at the turn of the great stairs , with the entrance-hall and main door at his back , he knew he was facing the very worst the house could offer . |
| 12 | Having been gently reminded by Lady Rutherford , ‘ We are all philanthropists here ; we do not need to put our hands up if we wish to speak ’ , William Morris completely forgot his shyness and at one stage became so carried away that he stood at the front of the room shaking hands with himself . |
| 13 | He stood at the urinal and peed fiercely at the white ceramic wall , streaked with rusty tear-stains from the corroding pipes . |
| 14 | As he rushed onwards it lengthened and curved , until he stood at the edge of a cold volcanic cauldron , looking down at the mountain 's secret , a still , dark lake which gleamed green at the foot of the crags . |
| 15 | Evans got his blow in first as he stood at the door , ushered them into a large office overlooking the Kaiserstrasse . |
| 16 | He stood at the door of the bathroom , visualizing this most familiar of her rituals . |
| 17 | He stood at the top of a long flight of wide stone steps . |
| 18 | He stood at the window of his room , watching her . |
| 19 | It was almost , he stood at the window , the host below , as if he felt a new St Francis . |
| 20 | He stood at the barn door and watched the Gazelle finally lift off , its own lights rising up to slowly mingle with the stars . |
| 21 | Lee watched Gabriel as he stood at the window facing out . |
| 22 | As he stood at the door trying to persuade her of the importance of other more pressing political issues , one of her cats shot out of the door , into the road and under the wheels of a passing lorry . |
| 23 | In the first as he stood at the mouth of the cave , a typhoon burst on the mountainside , bringing rocks crashing down . |
| 24 | He stood at the side of his son 's darkened room , watching Chrissie striking the boy 's forehead . |
| 25 | He stood at the gates evening after evening , but was always gone when the 5.13 to Blackburn went through . |
| 26 | Not yesterday , Peter thought grimly , as he stood at the kitchen table laying the tea tray with his mother 's china ; but certainly last week or the week before . |
| 27 | He stood at the window , watching the traffic on Willesden High Road . |
| 28 | ‘ Did you call the police ? ’ he asked , as he stood at the kitchen door watching her brew Darjeeling . |
| 29 | He stood at the helm , steering on the tower of St Saviour 's church , which stood on the hilltop between the village of Polruan and the sea . |
| 30 | He stood at the lit window of his hotel room and saw his own reflection , and beyond it the room , and in that ghost-world the image of Tom Carey walking to and fro , a glassy shadow . |