Example sentences of "[noun pl] stand [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Live snakes stood in for ropes , constricting viciously . |
| 2 | It is not certain how many of the leading members were privy to this scheme : Lloyd-Greame seems to have sat on the fence ; Hoare , Wood , Cave , Salisbury and some of the other peers stood out for Baldwin , but this was not contained in the advice which convinced Stamfordham . |
| 3 | She moved to Tonight , The Nine O'Clock News and The Six O'Clock News before leaving current affairs to stand in for Wogan . |
| 4 | All of this finally resulted in ’ Maus ’ , his book-length comic strip version of the Holocaust in which pigs stand in for Nazis and mice for Jews . |
| 5 | As always , however , a few items stood out for rarity , beauty , or sheer high price . |