Example sentences of "[pron] stood for [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pulled the door shut and almost ran to the front door and into Langdon Crescent garden , where I stood for five minutes breathing in the fresh air . |
| 2 | He won 31 caps — a record which stood for 42 years . |
| 3 | After dinner the etiquette was very stiff , and we stood for two hours . |
| 4 | They stood for two minutes in silence , signalled by the firing of a gun from the Royal Navy base , HMS Tamar . |
| 5 | So he stood for ten minutes at the window watching soldiers tossing bundles of equipment into the gurg-ling FV 432s parked around the parade ground and feeling the deep contentment of seeing other people working very hard very early in the day . |