Example sentences of "[pron] stand [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Will they stand up to family wear and tear or look too sturdy for dinner parties ? |
| 32 | ‘ That 's why they stood up against Hitler , after their minuscule fires they could n't have cared less about the bombs . ’ |
| 33 | We can imagine them standing by for orders to levy and equip soldiers from among their lords ' tenants when the king summoned his tenants-in-chief to furnish them . |
| 34 | For instance , when he is wheeled to the toilet , he stands up in order to get into the wheelchair , and again to move onto the toilet , instead of being lifted or transferred . |
| 35 | Now that both the Secretary of State for Defence and the Prime Minister have comprehensively rubbished those assurances , will the Secretary of State for Scotland have to eat humble pie again or will he stand up for Scotland and make this a resignation issue ? |
| 36 | Could he stand in for Clinton ? |
| 37 | how hard is the evidence , will it stand up to scrutiny ? |
| 38 | ‘ Then you 'll have to take it standing up in cook 's enamel bowl . ’ |
| 39 | Its body was hot and dry and the coat had lost its black lustre , so it stood up on end , pale brown and rumpled . |
| 40 | His thick white hair was cut short and unevenly , so that in parts it stood up in clumps . |
| 41 | Under United States pressure following the murder of three US nuns by the security forces , the junta appointed Duarte as President in December 1980 [ see p. 30685 ] ; he stood down in April 1982 when an interim administration succeeded the civilian-military junta . |
| 42 | Deciding that captaincy was affecting his batting , he stood down in favour of Fletcher for a season , resuming again in 1989 when the county did well but his own form was fairly ordinary . |
| 43 | Overall what stands out from intercity comparisons such as these is that firstly , London 's difficulties are echoed elsewhere , which is comforting since it is generally easier to put up with a problem if you know that others share it . |
| 44 | Love wo n't change the history of the world ( that nonsense about Cleopatra 's nose is strictly for sentimentalists ) , but it will do something much more important : teach us to stand up to history , to ignore its chin-out strut . |