Example sentences of "[noun] and stand [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They yield 6.2 p.c. and stand on a historic multiple of 12½ . |
| 2 | On the whole the ‘ kinship defenders ’ defend the biological parents and their value to the child , and the ‘ society-as-parent ’ school supports the psychological parents — those who have given most care and attention to the child and stand in a close , loving relationship to him [ or her ] . |
| 3 | In 1880 he had had a political fling and stood as a Liberal candidate for the City of London in favour of disestablishment , temperance legislation , social and political reform . |
| 4 | The threw back the bedclothes , shed her clinging nightgown and stood under a cool shower until she began to come alive . |
| 5 | I replaced the blanket over his head and stood for a few moments looking at the bodies in their neat little rows . |
| 6 | She put away the car , quietly locked the garage door and stood for a few moments looking out over the valley . |
| 7 | Severed eyes are best potted individually in good clean garden soil and stood in a shallow bowl of water with their growing points submerged . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He dropped his hands to his sides and stood like a little dog , found out , and admitting : ‘ Yes , I know I have a silly sort of fancy for Lal . |
| 10 | In 1940 Roosevelt broke with tradition and stood for a third term of office . |