Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's strange since it meant , during performances , looking very closely at people I had n't quite looked at before — at the way they move , characteristic positions they stand in . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ William , stand in for Christine . ’ |
| 3 | They stand in much the same relation to the childhood memories from which they are derived as do some of the Baroque palaces of Rome to the ancient ruins whose pavements and columns have provided the material for more recent structures . |
| 4 | All of this finally resulted in ’ Maus ’ , his book-length comic strip version of the Holocaust in which pigs stand in for Nazis and mice for Jews . |
| 5 | Sometimes they stand in for a deity , haunting the sacred places and occupying a position midway between gods and men . |
| 6 | All are family run and stand in or very close to the resort centre . |
| 7 | All are family run and stand in or very close to the resort centre . |
| 8 | Can I make it fair Mr chairman that erm obviously with all ours being mainly caretakers , it would only be fair to , to the actual caretaker erm person who looks after caretaking , to only invite cos otherwise you 've got ta get stand in for school which will cause problems . |
| 9 | Some universities now have deputy or pro vice chancellors , who chair major committees and stand in for the vice chancellor . |
| 10 | stand in for any Committee member , if you |
| 11 | I 've rather doubt that he might not be and , and then Bert er , has very kindly said that he would erm , stand in for him to second this resolution . |
| 12 | Further symbolism can be found in the row of sixteen dark metal columns that stand along one side , one for each Land . |
| 13 | Once again many of us were conscious of the opportunities rather than the obstacles which stand along the path of Church Unity . |
| 14 | I use the words ‘ stand down ’ loosely . |
| 15 | Browne rejects stand down plea |
| 16 | Will Gerald Kaufman stand down ? |
| 17 | Daniel Digby , provost of the G-Mek Orbital , has issued a formal denial to allegations by Ayatollah Bakhtiar that fugitive graphic novelist Neil Gaiman has been in hiding in the facility , and has requested that the Pan-Islamic congress stand down the Inter-Satellite Ballistic Missiles currently targeted on them . |
| 18 | Missing from the last tournament are Scotland , because of a hectic domestic schedule , and Spain and the Soviet Bears , who both stand down automatically after a two-year run . |
| 19 | " Stand down , Mr Rayne . " |
| 20 | However , we recognized you know that stand down . |
| 21 | They then demanded both sides stand down . |
| 22 | Other gringos stand over their rucksacks : it 's like watching a road accident . |
| 23 | Never stand over an open fire as Victorian fathers used to do . |
| 24 | They stand over their riders while they sleep and watch for any danger . |
| 25 | On the right the post-war Greyseed council houses stand over abandoned quarries and on the left the school playing fields opposite the Royal Oak are on the site of the mediaeval Purbeck ‘ marble ’ pits . |
| 26 | Please stand over against the wall . |
| 27 | ( 3 ) If an allotted day is one on which a Motion for the adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 20 ( Adjournment on specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration ) would , apart from this Order , stand over to Seven o'clock — |
| 28 | Neil Jenkins will be fit to resume his season for East Wales , while Cardiff 's Adrian Davies , Stephen 's understudy against Australia , is likely to fit into the West Wales ' line up at the Llanelli stand off 's expense . |
| 29 | There was a healthy balance for nineteen ninety three and this was mainly due to members supporting raffles and the fact that we have not put the show stand off at the British Aquarist Festival for a couple of years . |
| 30 | And the occasion will be given more spice by the fact that Dorahy played at full back and stand off during a spell at the Boulevard . |