Example sentences of "standing [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Terry Storry is standing in for Hugh Mantle at Liverpool Polytechnic while Hugh takes a year out to coach the British men 's kayak slalom team ( Aug , p19 ) . |
2 | The Bishop of Tewkesbury , who 's been standing in for Bishop Peter , spoke of his sadness over the resignation . |
3 | I forgot to mention earlier that I 'll be standing in for emergency cover tonight . ’ |
4 | Well , I was there , behind the bar , standing in for Marcus , for a few minutes he said , more like two hours , so I saw it all develop . |
5 | Mr , standing in for Mr . |
6 | The deputy Labour leader , Margaret Beckett , told Tony Newton , the leader of the Commons , who was standing in for Mr Major at Question Time : ‘ How would you feel if you were serving in the British Army under fire in Bosnia and were handed a P45 ? ’ |
7 | When she first stood in for Terry Wogan she insisted , ‘ I love standing in for Wogan but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights and me swooping down a staircase . ’ |
8 | ‘ I love standing in for Wogan , but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights ’ |
9 | While making this last scene , the stuntman standing in for Robert Wagner — playing McQueen 's co-pilot-was killed while making the jump . |
10 | Silas went on , ‘ You must also realise that standing in for Stella has more to it than turning a sausage on the barbecue . |
11 | ‘ I 'm standing in for Stella — as I 've already told you . ’ |
12 | I WOULD like to say how much I have enjoyed listening to former Labour leader Neil Kinnock , right , while he has been standing in for Jimmy Young on Radio 2 . |
13 | Similarly we asked the panel to rate the four party leaders , Thatcher , Kinnock , Steel , and Owen , on twelve more personal scales : being decisive , trustworthy , energetic , willing to listen , well informed , caring , a good leader of a team , tough , likeable , and standing up for Britain ‘ s interests against the European Community , the USA , and the USSR . |
14 | Government were to be warmly congratulated for standing up for Britain at Brussels . |
15 | Standing up for koi : well-fed fish leave tadpoles in peace |
16 | President Bill Clinton , giving his first formal press conference since he took office two months ago , said Mr Yeltsin had shown a great deal of courage in standing up for democracy , civil liberties and market reforms . |
17 | I like a bit of dominant , you know standing up for people in my woman . |
18 | The Arts : Standing up for God and country Johnny Cash , minstrel of hard liquor , soft women and the myth of the Old West , still looks good at 60 . |
19 | Standing up for pensioners has rarely been popular except among pensioners . |
20 | The Labour party has form in standing up for secrecy in local government , in opposing the publication of school results or of any other kind of league table . |
21 | A sedentary existence or a job that keeps you standing around for hours is liable to encourage a poor circulation as well as allowing the buttock and thigh muscles to become weak and flabby , making cellulite much worse . |
22 | Thus , while Corporal Weatherall and a growing force of commandos were on interminable training exercises , or standing by for operations that were cancelled before they got afloat , very few slipped the mesh of authority . |
23 | We can imagine them standing by for orders to levy and equip soldiers from among their lords ' tenants when the king summoned his tenants-in-chief to furnish them . |