Example sentences of "[verb] to 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Clarissa would have liked to stand up for Charles , but it came out as nothing more positive than ‘ Oh ’ . |