Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could he stand in for Clinton ? |
| 2 | And it meant she could stand up for Darren , who showed no sign of needing anything but his hard little fists and a certain way with words . |
| 3 | Now that both the Secretary of State for Defence and the Prime Minister have comprehensively rubbished those assurances , will the Secretary of State for Scotland have to eat humble pie again or will he stand up for Scotland and make this a resignation issue ? |
| 4 | Ms Hutchison did not boost her case , however , by asserting in a recent televised debate that she is ‘ a fighter ’ who will stand up for Texas in the Senate . |
| 5 | Often , the manufacturers do not even know to what extent their equipment will stand up to RFI . |
| 6 | That Navarro Rubio should stand up to Franco in this way was indicative of how power relations within the regime had changed since the Civil War . |
| 7 | ‘ If I can stand up to McEnroe I can stand up to anyone . ’ |
| 8 | Mikkelborg 's composition probably would not stand up without Davis , but then it was not designed to . |
| 9 | No one , not even Fenna , could actually stand up against Rachel when she had once got the bit between her teeth : she was better at the game of controlling , containing , winning , than anyone else that Maggie knew . |