Example sentences of "[verb] stand [adv prt] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're obviously more cautious than you were before , and erm a lot of kids now they tend to stand back for a while just in case 'cause you can never judge how fast they 're really going to go through there . |
| 2 | Did you want to stand up for a minute ? |
| 3 | It started when a man working in the sorting office was suspended for refusing to stand in for a colleague who 'd gone sick . |
| 4 | That can often mean standing up for the client and criticising the system , ’ he says . |
| 5 | He also points out that the expedition led by himself and Clark had assembled ‘ the best people , worldwide , and the top people ca n't afford to stand around for a couple of years waiting for research to happen ’ . |
| 6 | He also points out that the expedition led by himself and Clark had assembled ‘ the best people , worldwide , and the top people ca n't afford to stand around for a couple of years waiting for research to happen ’ . |
| 7 | We have stood up for the values our country has always represented . |