Example sentences of "stand by for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True grit … the council 's gritting team stands by for action |
| 2 | Control said all that was just fine , and to stand by for instructions . |
| 3 | For example , New York 's firemen oppose any attempt at flexible rostering ; they commonly stand by for duty over a 48-hour period each week , and then moonlight on other days . |
| 4 | Thus , while Corporal Weatherall and a growing force of commandos were on interminable training exercises , or standing by for operations that were cancelled before they got afloat , very few slipped the mesh of authority . |
| 5 | We can imagine them standing by for orders to levy and equip soldiers from among their lords ' tenants when the king summoned his tenants-in-chief to furnish them . |