Example sentences of "[pron] stand for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cooking procedures : most of the meals do not need cooking , just add hot water and leave them to stand for a few minutes . |
| 2 | I stood for a long time in a telephone box just to keep out of the slicing rain . |
| 3 | I stood for a long while looking at Voting Right . |
| 4 | I stood for a long time , staring at the mirror . |
| 5 | She stands for a long moment . |
| 6 | If you are to be awkward then my mother will not know where she stands for a good deal of time . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There she stood for a long time , gazing out to sea , her heart full of sadness and her eyes full of tears . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She stood for a long time , trying to make sense of her feelings , the words he had said tumbling around in her brain . |
| 11 | She stood for a few moments catching her breath , then continued through to the kitchen . |
| 12 | Melissa found its clean , uncluttered lines at once calming and uplifting , and she stood for a few moments just inside the door , absorbing the tranquil atmosphere . |
| 13 | She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair . |
| 14 | We stand for a few moments in each other 's arms , and I ask what we should do this evening . |
| 15 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | They 're bigger than us , they stand for a bigger establishment than we do , like , we 're just little and they stand for bigger things , and you try to get your own back . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
| 20 | They stood for a few moments in shy silence , staring from one to another . |
| 21 | It stands for a positive policy — Socialism at home and internationally " . |
| 22 | 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 ’ . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He stood for a few moments thinking , and looking apprehensively from one stallion to the other . |
| 25 | 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 . |