Example sentences of "[conj] stand for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | then star that stands for a wild card , that 'll do all files which have got the back up . |
| 2 | Charles collapsed like a glove puppet with the hand withdrawn , and stood for a long moment , sagging . |
| 3 | She had risen from her deep curtsey , and stood for a long moment gazing steadily into his face . |
| 4 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She walked one last time down the rickety boardwalk in front of the cabins , and stood for a long time looking down at the sleeping lodge , the moody lake beyond it . |
| 7 | We encountered this view at the beginning of this book , in the dialogues of Plato , where we found talk of ‘ the ascent to see the things in the upper world [ which ] you may take as standing for the upward journey into the region of the intelligible ’ . |
| 8 | The party chairman , Godfrey M'Mwereria , an environmentalist and former lecturer at Kenyatta University , said he would contest the forthcoming presidential elections , as well as standing for the parliamentary seat of Tigania in Meru district . |