Example sentences of "[verb] stand for [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holland declined to stand for Norfolk in 1679 , although he voted for the exclusionists , and stood unsuccessfully in 1685 as a trimmer . |
| 2 | Allow to stand for 10min before carving into thin slices . |
| 3 | Hitler had stood for resistance to a cancer spreading across Europe . |
| 4 | During the summer of 1710 , while Biddesden was being built , he contemplated standing for parliament against the Whig , General Stanhope . |
| 5 | Has there ever been a tennis player that has written in to say ‘ thank you ’ to their fans who have stood by them through all their traumas and their losses , who have stood for hours in the rain or slept out in the streets to get a look at their idols ? |