Example sentences of "[pers pn] stand [adj] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anne and Sarah tried to keep the peace but Miss Meers was a slave driver , and would never allow them to stand still for a moment . |
| 2 | For some reason this made her think of Finn , and she stood still for a moment , again waiting cautiously for any twinges of anguish , any signs of unhealed wounds . |
| 3 | She stood still for a moment , breathing the air , gazing round her . |
| 4 | She stood still for a moment and looked up and down the street ; it seemed to shine ; the light the sun had poured onto the packed dirt of the road glowed back pewter under the stars ; there was no longer any moon , it had set earlier that night , and the dimensions of the scene had expanded , creating a vacancy which made Rosa feel her pulse quicken , as if she too were growing , becoming less stubby , less compact , stretching upwards and turning silvery herself like the leaf of an olive when the breeze lifts it and shows its metallic underside . |
| 5 | They stand still for a moment in their original positions . ) |
| 6 | He stood still for a moment breathing deeply . |
| 7 | The two of them stood silent for a while , gazing at the pleasant scene . |