Example sentences of "to stand [adv prt] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 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 . ) |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | She moved to Tonight , The Nine O'Clock News and The Six O'Clock News before leaving current affairs to stand in for Wogan . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Clarissa would have liked to stand up for Charles , but it came out as nothing more positive than ‘ Oh ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ I am demonstrating that I want to stand up for Hong Kong 's interests . |