Example sentences of "stood for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I had an old air-raid shelter , partly dug into the ground because of the slope : there was a load of stones on top , waiting to turn the shelter into an apple store disguised as a rockery , and when Mrs Wilson saw this she stood for a long time looking at the hump in the ground and the pile of stones . |
2 | In the garden of Burleigh Court , situated near the present Ulster Bank , there stood for a long time an old pear tree known as ‘ King William 's pear tree ’ . |
3 | I stood for a long time in a telephone box just to keep out of the slicing rain . |
4 | I stood for a long while looking at Voting Right . |
5 | There she stood for a long time , gazing out to sea , her heart full of sadness and her eyes full of tears . |
6 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
7 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
8 | Charles collapsed like a glove puppet with the hand withdrawn , and stood for a long moment , sagging . |
9 | I stood for a long time , staring at the mirror . |
10 | When he had gone , she stood for a long time in front of the looking-glass that hung over the fire , her hands pressed to her cheeks , her face quite alive with excitement . |
11 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
12 | She had risen from her deep curtsey , and stood for a long moment gazing steadily into his face . |
13 | She went up to her room , put the Diary in her drawer and stood for a long time , breathing on the window and drawing faces . |
14 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
15 | The headless trunk stood for a long second , the blood fountaining in a gush of scarlet from the raw stump of its neck , before collapsing bonelessly to the mat . |
16 | She walked one last time down the rickety boardwalk in front of the cabins , and stood for a long time looking down at the sleeping lodge , the moody lake beyond it . |
17 | She stood for a long time , trying to make sense of her feelings , the words he had said tumbling around in her brain . |
18 | Gently Vi eased off her shoes , wriggled her toes , then stood for a blissful moment , eyes closed . |
19 | Retreating to the edge of the clearing , he stood for a full five minutes , listening intently to the night sounds for anything out of place . |
20 | In the theatre , a single chariot-wheel propelled across the stage stood for a whole army : in the film version , you have horses , chariots , contending extras . |
21 | Thus when Clarkson spoke movingly to the gathered World Convention of 1840 he was intended to symbolise continuity and provide in what he stood for a unifying focus . |
22 | Voysey stood for a drastic and stylized return to English country tradition and , along with Charles Rennie Mackintosh , relied on simplicity of composition for greatest effect . |
23 | Creed had requisitioned an open car , and he stood for the entire procession , as a mark of his own personal respect for the deceased . |
24 | The ‘ Snap ’ camera was used with the supplied software , ( not suitable as it stood for the required measuring instrument ) . |
25 | In my case , the first and most important candle stood for the dark forest . |
26 | Her fragmentation into little states , split between Protestantism and Catholicism , has been exacerbated by a split between those who wanted Western or Eastern orientation : the West , represented by the rationalism and domination of France , the liberalism and mercantilism of England , or the modernism of the United States , stood for the individual standing in a contractual relationship to society , nation-statehood and world political power ; while the East , represented by Russia and Asia beyond implied culture , tradition , anti-modernism , barbarity , community and political romanticism . |
27 | ( This is how the story is recorded in Luke 13:6–9 , where the fig tree stood for the self-righteous people , such as the Pharisees , who made a great show of their religion but produced few results . |
28 | As the credits rolled my mother and father , like most filmgoers of that generation , stood for the National Anthem . |
29 | Rawlings , who had retired from the air force on Sept. 14 in order to comply with electoral rules excluding serving members of the armed forces from candidacy , stood for the National Democratic Congress ( NDC ) [ see p. 39084 ] . |
30 | In 1964 he stood for the pretty safe ( at the time ) Conservative seat of Glasgow Pollok . |