Example sentences of "[pron] stand for a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I stood for a long time in a telephone box just to keep out of the slicing rain . |
2 | I stood for a long while looking at Voting Right . |
3 | I stood for a long time , staring at the mirror . |
4 | She stands for a long moment . |
5 | If you are to be awkward then my mother will not know where she stands for a good deal of time . ’ |
6 | I had an old air-raid shelter , partly dug into the ground because of the slope : there was a load of stones on top , waiting to turn the shelter into an apple store disguised as a rockery , and when Mrs Wilson saw this she stood for a long time looking at the hump in the ground and the pile of stones . |
7 | There she stood for a long time , gazing out to sea , her heart full of sadness and her eyes full of tears . |
8 | When he had gone , she stood for a long time in front of the looking-glass that hung over the fire , her hands pressed to her cheeks , her face quite alive with excitement . |
9 | She stood for a long time , trying to make sense of her feelings , the words he had said tumbling around in her brain . |
10 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
11 | In the garden of Burleigh Court , situated near the present Ulster Bank , there stood for a long time an old pear tree known as ‘ King William 's pear tree ’ . |
12 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
13 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
14 | It stands for a positive policy — Socialism at home and internationally " . |
15 | Earlier Neil Kinnock , the Labour leader , hoped it would be demonstrated that Sir Nicholas did not speak for other Tories ‘ because the gutter language he used is not fit for anyone standing for a democratic party ’ . |
16 | Thus when Clarkson spoke movingly to the gathered World Convention of 1840 he was intended to symbolise continuity and provide in what he stood for a unifying focus . |
17 | Retreating to the edge of the clearing , he stood for a full five minutes , listening intently to the night sounds for anything out of place . |