Example sentences of "[prep] stand [adv prt] [prep] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had little or no permanence and cohesion and therefore no organisation and no prospect of standing up for their rights . |
| 2 | * Get into the habit of standing back from your essay so that you can comment on it for the benefit of your reader ( see p. 104 ) . |
| 3 | perpetual insults that every decent labour man has endured through standing up for his country in the hour of her crisis from men who have foisted themselves on the Labour movement by wirepulling tactics . |
| 4 | The narrators have been persecuted for standing up for their principles . |
| 5 | Is my hon. Friend aware that he has earned the widespread respect of British farmers by standing up for their interests ? |