Example sentences of "[verb] stand [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am demonstrating that I want to stand up for Hong Kong 's interests . |
| 2 | Accordingly , nothing in his framework was designed to stand up for liberty where the legislature saw fit to intervene with new restrictive laws , or where the courts contrived to discover or develop them ; Dicey simply assumed that this would not occur . |
| 3 | At the election he stood as the architect 's architect , pledged to stand up for quality of design . |
| 4 | I like a bit of dominant , you know standing up for people in my woman . |
| 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 | Can I make it fair Mr chairman that erm obviously with all ours being mainly caretakers , it would only be fair to , to the actual caretaker erm person who looks after caretaking , to only invite cos otherwise you 've got ta get stand in for school which will cause problems . |
| 7 | When she first stood in for Terry Wogan she insisted , ‘ I love standing in for Wogan but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights and me swooping down a staircase . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I love standing in for Wogan , but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights ’ |
| 9 | Clarissa would have liked to stand up for Charles , but it came out as nothing more positive than ‘ Oh ’ . |
| 10 | Germans have stood up for freedom . |
| 11 | He did not understand my right hon. Friend 's point about how the Government have stood up for consumers by introducing competition and the right kind of legislation . |
| 12 | Those people have stood up for justice , despite the abuse that they received from the public . |