Example sentences of "could stand on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Foreign Office minister , Mr Francis Maude dismissed the Opposition 's bitter criticism of last week 's deportations , saying it came from those who could stand on the sidelines wringing their hands and decrying what was done . |
| 2 | The field lay alongside a road in a London suburb and we thought that people could stand on the road and look across six metres into the field to the platform where the ceremony would take place . |
| 3 | Soon a fairly large crowd had gathered and men were holding their sons up so that they could stand on the bar to get a better view . |
| 4 | For the first term I felt guilty I 'd abandoned him even though he 'd told me to come and could stand on his own two feet . |
| 5 | Look for bits of the programme that could stand on their own . |
| 6 | Supposing that I could stand on the hills surrounding this Castle and send out the Samhailt , the ancient and precious gift bestowed on the Noble Houses of Ireland ? |
| 7 | Lardner 's volumes were not quite an encyclopedia , since each one could stand on its own : volumes came out at intervals , and buyers do not seem to have been made to subscribe to the whole set . |
| 8 | Oh , he could stand on his dignity , but Corbett would inform the King and the Prince would have to answer eventually . |
| 9 | In Outremer the stars seemed closer , the velvet darkness of the heavens so near you felt you could stand on tip-toe and pluck the lights from the sky . |
| 10 | You could stand on that . |