Example sentences of "stood [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Several minutes after we returned , my station officer called me in to his office and warned me that as I was not working by London Ambulance Service guidelines I would be stood down without pay . ’ |
| 2 | Germans have stood up for freedom . |
| 3 | Those people have stood up for justice , despite the abuse that they received from the public . |
| 4 | That was the man who the same year had stood up in front of the full pad and launched into his celebrated five-hour denunciation of Joseph Stalin . |
| 5 | If you have never stood up in front of other people and given a speech , you could take a course in public speaking , or buy a book on the subject and go through the techniques they practise . |
| 6 | If liability is not in dispute , the action can simply be stood out by agreement or an application made to the judge of the lists , or to the judge on circuit , for a standing-out order , or possibly an application made to claim provisional damages ; but if liability is still in dispute the action must be tried and ought to be heard as soon as possible , irrespective of the uncertainties on quantum . |