Example sentences of "[pers pn] stand for a [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then every year after that , they used to hold the one minute 's silence which the mill whistles went and of course you stood for a minute and then they went again and that was it over . |
| 2 | No more can x be " something which stands for a number " since one could equally well imagine it standing for a matrix or even the differential operator |
| 3 | He stood for a minute or so gazing down expressionlessly at the pale , bloodless face of the Prophet . |
| 4 | He stood for a moment or two at the spot where Francis 's body had been found . |
| 5 | He stood for a moment and then started to go out . |