Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I doubt if His Grace would ever stand up in a court-room to give evidence on my behalf , but I counted on Magistrate Peck being afraid to put it to the test . ’ |
| 2 | It had not occurred to him that he could stand up in the pub , leave the beer half-drunk , the sandwich half-eaten , walk out into the London early evening . |
| 3 | Len 's mop of unruly fair hair always made him stand out in a crowded goalmouth but , even over 30 years later , he continues to stand out in the memories of Palace fans who saw him play for our club . |
| 4 | Inspector Drew was not a man who would stand out in a crowd . |
| 5 | The rest of her clothes were durable , and , what was more important , blended in with the rest of society so that she did n't stand out in a crowd . |
| 6 | The South does n't stand out in the resulting map ( figure 5.2 ) , although none of the States of the former Confederacy falls in the top 40 per cent on their ranking , except Florida whose population character and structure has changed very substantially in recent decades as a result of immigration , especially of the elderly . |
| 7 | But on the other hand she could n't stand out in the corridor indefinitely . |