Example sentences of "have stand [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that Germany , which has stood firmly in favour of a common foreign and security policy in the intergovernmental conferences that have just concluded and in the discussions on this week 's Maastricht treaty , will listen to its own exhortations and ensure that , whenever the decision is taken on recognition , it is made collectively , not unilaterally . |
| 2 | He said he 'd stood up on waves that were bigger and elected not to go : ‘ When you know you have that much whitewater to contend with and a rock-lined bay in front of you , it 's a deterrent . ’ |
| 3 | Trouble was , I 'd stood out against Crumwallis earlier this week . |
| 4 | Well of course tha that might just be intimidation by large numbers of other people , like you know having to stand up in front of a group of other people , I think anybody feels the same . |
| 5 | Some a lot of you said yesterday that you do n't always get in this formal situation having to stand up in front of people . |
| 6 | They had to stand practically from morning to night outside the big department stores and theatres with heavy collecting boxes , asking for donations . |
| 7 | ‘ So is business good ? ’ he enquired , refusing to release the shiny bag , so that Robyn had to stand awkwardly in front of him in all her glorious finery and feel a hundred times worse than ever because his eyes were wandering over her face , travelling lazily down the length of her body , taking in every depressing detail . |
| 8 | We all had to stand up in turn in front of the class and give a short talk , followed by a question-and-answer session . |
| 9 | They 've stood up to years of games to earn retirement in the showcase . |
| 10 | Brito was second vice-president of the PSD and had stood unsuccessfully as candidate for mayor of Oporto in December . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Germans have stood up for freedom . |
| 13 | He did not understand my right hon. Friend 's point about how the Government have stood up for consumers by introducing competition and the right kind of legislation . |
| 14 | Those people have stood up for justice , despite the abuse that they received from the public . |
| 15 | Many have stood uncomplainingly for hours . |
| 16 | The Thatcher governments have stood out as examples of this phenomenon . |
| 17 | Britons tend to retain trust in the inhabitants of countries in which Britain has had or retains colonial interests ; countries that share a common language , values , and ( in some cases ) ancestry ; and countries that have stood together in times of crisis . |