Example sentences of "[noun sg] stood him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His early training as an engineer stood him in good stead , and he not only devised but also constructed most of the apparatus that he used . |
| 2 | experience of project managing the construction of a new store stood him in good stead for creating a corner of Cornwall in Stamford Street in just two days . |
| 3 | During this period of voluntary ostracism from social contact with those around him , Mr Thesiger 's fondness for out-of-doors sports and predilection for the simple life stood him in good stead . |
| 4 | The first study in recent years of this important Boston painter and teacher whose Paris training stood him in good stead in introducing into America a fascinating mixture of French Academicism , Barbizon and early Impressionism . |
| 5 | Beattie 's outstanding record as a dedicated social worker stood him in good stead at the ‘ Diplock ’ tribunal and partly explained the presence of a total of twenty-four persons who came to testify on his behalf . |
| 6 | The experience in Gentle Jack and the speech that caused all the problems in that play stood him in good stead . |
| 7 | His previous experience stood him in good stead . |