Example sentences of "stood for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pulled the door shut and almost ran to the front door and into Langdon Crescent garden , where I stood for five minutes breathing in the fresh air . |
| 2 | He won 31 caps — a record which stood for 42 years . |
| 3 | Britain stood for political ideals that must prevail if western civilization were not to break down ; Britain could carry the torch of freedom , truth , toleration and peace . |
| 4 | People asked her , significantly in that suffragette period , if the initials stood for New Women 's Movement . |
| 5 | They stood for two minutes in silence , signalled by the firing of a gun from the Royal Navy base , HMS Tamar . |
| 6 | After dinner the etiquette was very stiff , and we stood for two hours . |
| 7 | She stood for several moments in front of the altar before turning away and walking back towards the door . |
| 8 | She stood for several seconds , fingering her camera , staring up at the trees , glancing down the path and listening for the sound of trampling in the undergrowth that would herald Fernand 's return to his task . |
| 9 | The unfinished building stood for several years as a mute witness to their sad state . |
| 10 | So he stood for ten minutes at the window watching soldiers tossing bundles of equipment into the gurg-ling FV 432s parked around the parade ground and feeling the deep contentment of seeing other people working very hard very early in the day . |
| 11 | He was satisfied to leave the government of Sicily largely to the chancellor , Gauthier de Paléar , bishop of Troja , who stood for Sicilian rights and was anti-German . |
| 12 | The enemy stood for different things and must be defeated . |
| 13 | Tamar stood for few moments studying the turbulent river , which seemed to reflect the turmoil of her thoughts . |
| 14 | When he was out of sight she crossed the great court to the gatehouse , passed by the open door apparently without a glance , and stood for some minutes in the gateway , looking along the Foregate , before turning back towards the guesthouse . |
| 15 | When they left the restaurant they stood for some moments surveying the view of Prague , its many spires , red-roofed buildings , with a green dome here , the Vltava river with some of its bridges there , the Charles Bridge in particular Then , ‘ Shall we walk the rest of the way down ? ’ |
| 16 | And , as soon as she had paid the driver and he had gone on his way she stood for some moments , looking at Ven 's house , photographing it in her mind 's eye because she knew — she would never come this way again . |