Example sentences of "[noun] stood for [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decapitated head spun like a ball in the air , lips still moving ; his trunk stood for a few seconds in its own fountain of hot red gore before crashing on to the blood-stained ice . |
| 2 | Mark stood for a few moments at the corner of Parliament Street and Bridge Street . |
| 3 | John stood for a few seconds contemplating the receding lights of the tanker , he dropped the revs on the engine then settled himself . |
| 4 | Morse and Max stood for a few moments silently just outside the front door of the Kemp residence . |
| 5 | K. Peacock , of Belgrave Terrace , Hurworth Place , Darlington , remembers the whole class stood for a few minutes ' silence when told the news at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School . |