Example sentences of "[vb mod] stand [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a top capacity of some 75 litres it 's large enough for a week 's backpacking , or even extended expedition use , although I do have some doubts as to whether it could stand up to the rigours of expedition life . |
| 2 | So for a while , the President of the United States effectively had world power , there was no other power in the world who could stand up to the U S , er , after , after , World War One for one argument anyway , and I think Freud 's er , defence disposition would be , Woodrow Wilson was the man who came to Europe , saying he would bring a just peace for all , and went away leaving a total mess , and , and , Freud 's er argument in his book is , told us was , well , the mess er , was really Wilson 's own doing , and if it was his doing , what was it in his character that allowed him to er , si to on some Lloyd George , who bullied him into getting most of what they wanted . |
| 3 | Also that day , to the Crown Prince 's surprise and considerable annoyance , Knobelsdorf engineered — without consulting him — the transfer of his own personal staff officer , Lieutenant-Colonel von Heymann , who was evidently the only officer in the Crown Prince 's entourage who could stand up to the iron will of Knobelsdorf . |
| 4 | Moreover the book alienated the only one of Ramsey 's backers who could stand up to the Cambridge establishment . |
| 5 | Next day , the clan met out on the shore , where Eachuinn Odhar could stand up on the rocks among his officers , Donald Crubach at his side , and speak to all together . |
| 6 | He wore a rich robe so encrusted with precious metals and stones that I wondered if he could stand up under the weight And his eyes were tiny , wet and somehow avid as he looked me over — wholly ignoring Mala — from head to foot . |
| 7 | Stegosaurus , for example , could stand up against the trees to reach upper branches . |
| 8 | And by the way , I do n't know why we 're sitting crouched down here because we could stand up by the spruce there : its shadow is darker than the sky , and we could be more ready for them . |
| 9 | It had not occurred to him that he could stand up in the pub , leave the beer half-drunk , the sandwich half-eaten , walk out into the London early evening . |
| 10 | Every now and then one of them would stand up on the sofa and trample restlessly round like a dog resettling itself into its sleeping place . |
| 11 | As the campaign developed Kinnock 's image as a man who would stand up to the USSR declined throughout the electorate , even amongst Labour supporters , though it declined slightly more amongst Conservative supporters . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought I would wear my thick coat because it might be cold waiting for the bus and it would stand up to the rain . |
| 13 | If there were to be an image of a woman in that book , that one picture would stand out as the exception . |
| 14 | The house screws would stand out on the avenue to make sure that you did n't stop and talk . |
| 15 | a ) that Motion shall stand over until the conclusion of any proceedings on the Bill which , under this Order , are to be brought to a conclusion at or before that time ; |
| 16 | Education Viewpoint : Who will stand up against the idea of student fees ? |
| 17 | It will follow that , unless they have been sunk into prepared grooves , the horizontal cords will stand out on the spine as pronounced ridges , and the leather or other covering will have to be moulded or ‘ nipped ’ over them . |
| 18 | When you feel that next time you can stand up without the chattering |
| 19 | But now Bulmers reckon they 've invented a tree that can stand up to the stress . |