Example sentences of "stand in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We can get one of the bride 's brothers to stand in . ’ |
| 2 | She moved to Tonight , The Nine O'Clock News and The Six O'Clock News before leaving current affairs to stand in for Wogan . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | And already in similiar circumstances in France last summer he had been presented with the kind of opportunity to prove himself that many young pianists must dream of in vain : he was called on , again at very short notice , to stand in for the even more illustrious Sviatoslav Richter at Richter 's own festival at the Grange Meslay near Tours . |
| 5 | Many schools have team members in reserve so that a quota can always be mustered to stand in for any bona fide team member whose parents can not afford the trip . |
| 6 | In there you 'll find a sink on the floor , just large enough to stand in , and you can have a good long soak up to your knees . |
| 7 | And by the way , I have an appointment in the city around eleven , so I may not be back to stand in for the dinner breaks . |
| 8 | Make a cylinder big enough for your child to stand in with comfort and cut out two eye holes . |
| 9 | If you can take a member of the family with you to stand in as a practise subject , so much the better . |
| 10 | 24 , said : ‘ They agreed to stand in as headliners at the last minute . |
| 11 | In 1952 it adopted the practice of permitting deputies to stand in for the ministers : the deputies soon became permanent features , attending to all business except that deemed to be symbolically important . |
| 12 | It is not surprising then that the earliest women to enter politics did so as ‘ surrogate ’ males , to stand in for husbands or fathers ( see the case of Nancy , Lady Astor ) or that no ‘ monstrous regiment ’ of women was waiting to overwhelm men in the battle for parliamentary seats . |
| 13 | When an international organisation is unable to meet its liabilities , the Members are obliged to stand in , according to the amount by which each Member is assessed for contributions to the organisation 's budget . |
| 14 | When he went off on a week 's holiday , I was asked to stand in experimentally for him . |
| 15 | If the Ketterings had wanted another family to stand in for them , it could only be for recognition by someone they wished to avoid or who might be a danger to them . |
| 16 | But you 've got to practice with me to get the movements right so I 'm to stand in for the swan . ’ |
| 17 | ( 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 . ) |
| 18 | The trustee is to chair meetings of the committee , but he may nominate someone else to stand in for him and that person must either be an employee of his experienced in insolvency matters or another qualified insolvency practitioner ( r 6.154 ) . |
| 19 | It might also be argued that it functions as metonymy , in which some element closely associated with the prime function of the whole comes to stand in for it . |
| 20 | It suggests to me a little remarked aspect of dress and fashion : the ability of well chosen , beautiful garments to stand in for the body . |
| 21 | ‘ Please tell her I 'm sorry she 's ill — but that I 'm pleased to be able to stand in for her . ’ |
| 22 | The moon on the floor for a lover to stand in ; |
| 23 | Erm again I mean I 'm happy to give that if there 's someone actually living in Bishop who wants it but erm I 've got erm some someone who lives there wanted me to stand in . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll have got my bearings by tomorrow , so you wo n't need to stand in for me , ’ she said , ‘ but tonight , I do n't mind admitting , I 'll be glad to catch up on some beauty sleep . |
| 25 | ‘ They have always said they will care for Jennifer completely , and until now they 've only allowed me to stand in for them , but it 's taking its toll . |
| 26 | It started when a man working in the sorting office was suspended for refusing to stand in for a colleague who 'd gone sick . |
| 27 | The Mayoress , Marie Smailes , was away , so the Mayor , Coun Stephen Smailes , asked their god-daughter Emma Lee , of Patterdale Avenue , Newham Grange Estate , to stand in as first lady . |
| 28 | ‘ But my chief at Liverpool CID would not let me take part , because he was away on holiday himself at the time , and required me to stand in for him . |
| 29 | then it should be available to all , so anybody who goes to stand in when they 're off with er , broken legs ! |
| 30 | The main property , which was built in 1880 and stands in about 60 acres of parkland , has nine bedrooms . |