Example sentences of "to stand [adv prt] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 Roy Hattersley is to stand down with Mr Kinnock .
2 Peter Swales : ‘ waiting for the right offer ’ to stand down at Maine Road
3 Mrs Grant has decided to stand down from HIE , where she has been on the board since its inception two years ago , because of increasing work commitments .
4 ( They disport themselves to accommodate the next piece of mime , which consists of the PLAYER himself exhibiting an excitable anguish ( choreographed , stylized ) leading to an impassioned scene with the QUEEN ( cf. " The Closet Scene " , Shakespeare Act III , scene iv ) and a very stylized reconstruction of a POLONIUS figure being stabbed behind the arras ( the murdered KING to stand in for POLONIUS ) while the PLAYER himself continues his breathless commentary for the benefit of ROS and GUIL . )
5 Or , from the Viz diary of a made-up Hollywood stunt man : ‘ I was asked to stand in for Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon II , but I turned it down 'cos Patsy Kensit 's got tits like fried eggs . ’
6 She moved to Tonight , The Nine O'Clock News and The Six O'Clock News before leaving current affairs to stand in for Wogan .
7 The government found itself derided for its failure to stand up for Serbia , assert Russian interests in the Straits — the focal point of nationalist aspiration — and face the confrontation between Slav and Teuton which was widely thought to be inevitable .
8 Clarissa would have liked to stand up for Charles , but it came out as nothing more positive than ‘ Oh ’ .
9 ‘ I am demonstrating that I want to stand up for Hong Kong 's interests .
10 Reports from Kampuchea claim that the country 's 35,000-man army is good enough to stand up to Khmer Rouge incursions .
11 Maxine Johnson , who had been uneasy at his interview , was worried about whether Sutton would ‘ be able to stand up to Pilger ’ .
12 The Office of Fair Trading chose not to examine this market and the Hatton Garden traders have not always been able to stand up to Ratner 's negotiating muscle .
13 Frankly , I do n't think he has the moral power or courage to stand up to Dublin and take Dublin on .
14 I could n't imagine any of them having the nerve to stand up to Filmer and demand their money .
15 I thought Bobby Carter was a brave man to stand up to Billy , and him twice his size . ’
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