Example sentences of "[conj] stand for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | then star that stands for a wild card , that 'll do all files which have got the back up . |
| 2 | Charles collapsed like a glove puppet with the hand withdrawn , and stood for a long moment , sagging . |
| 3 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
| 4 | She had risen from her deep curtsey , and stood for a long moment gazing steadily into his face . |
| 5 | She went up to her room , put the Diary in her drawer and stood for a long time , breathing on the window and drawing faces . |
| 6 | She walked one last time down the rickety boardwalk in front of the cabins , and stood for a long time looking down at the sleeping lodge , the moody lake beyond it . |
| 7 | I replaced the blanket over his head and stood for a few moments looking at the bodies in their neat little rows . |
| 8 | She put away the car , quietly locked the garage door and stood for a few moments looking out over the valley . |
| 9 | In 1940 Roosevelt broke with tradition and stood for a third term of office . |
| 10 | By that I mean that I see the New English Art Club as standing for a cultured , civilised , very English approach to art — a kind of visual stability . |