Example sentences of "[noun] stand [adv prt] in [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here the combined efforts of Richard Acland , Liberal MP for a neighbouring constituency , and the local Left Book Club helped to persuade the local Liberal and Labour parties to stand down in favour of Vernon Bartlett , a journalist , broadcaster and former employee of the LNU . |
| 2 | Will Primavera stand out in front of such a cut-out ? |
| 3 | Then the Christians stood up in front of their barricade and put their arms round each other 's shoulders . |
| 4 | You get a whole class of thirty-five people sat round absolutely mucking about , chucking books , ripping up books , everything like that , and the teacher stood out in front of the classroom writing a load of work down on the blackboard you ca n't really work . |
| 5 | HarperCollins stands out in terms of both quality and volume of titles published , with Little , Brown 's Orbit imprint and Random House 's Legend list also showing strongly . |
| 6 | I mean it was one thing standing up in front of my own group and giving a lecture , but it was quite another kettle of kippers doing it in front of a strange class . |
| 7 | WHEN Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie went to a party in London , a posse of armed police stood by in case of attacks by Muslim fanatics . |
| 8 | They included warning local air traffic control and having hundreds of gallons of water and pumps standing by in case of accident . |