Example sentences of "[adv] stand [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Optionally — if you 're feeling mean — the carriage will animate and attack the adventurers if they just stand around for ages wondering what to do next . |
| 2 | Proud and pleased to be playing opposite Frank Donovan who had once stood in for Hayden Coffin . |
| 3 | Mum always stood up for Liza , her longtime favourite , telling Dad she had enough sense to know what was right and wrong , but I doubted she did . |
| 4 | Germany 's Jewish Council , noting Monday 's anniversary of the Nazis ' 1938 Kristallnacht ( Night of the Shattering Glass ) pogrom , said the Right-wing resurgence obliged Germans more than ever before to stand up for democracy and tolerance . |
| 5 | 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 . |