Example sentences of "[vb past] stand [adv] from the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Kenny did stand out from the rest for the job , but it was an extremely hard decision , ’ said Gage .
2 The ferry was not big , but she dwarfed the harbour — she had to stand off from the jetty and land us by boat — and indeed the village .
3 We had to stand back from the edge of the pavement as their wheels splashed along the teeming gutters .
4 B Once Fokine had demonstrated that mimed dance and danced mime were the best materials to use in ballets where individual characters had to stand out from the rest of the cast , and particularly when true love did not run smoothly , other choreographers. followed suit .
5 At the funeral Duncan had stood apart from the rest of the family .
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