Example sentences of "stand [adj] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are on a shore of white sand too hot to stand still for a moment , great breakers surf and trip to swathes of foam as we dart into the solid black and lovely shade . |
| 2 | Anne and Sarah tried to keep the peace but Miss Meers was a slave driver , and would never allow them to stand still for a moment . |
| 3 | A horse that has had no exercise all day is less likely to stand still for the farrier than one that has just been ridden ; and a youngster that has never been ridden out on the road before will be considerably more nervous if it goes alone than it would with a companion . |
| 4 | They stand still for a moment in their original positions . ) |
| 5 | Most horses will stand better for the farrier , and be more cooperative , if they are reassured and rewarded . |
| 6 | * Horses will usually stand better for the farrier if they have been exercised beforehand , and have already satisfied their need for exercise . |
| 7 | ‘ You could not stand still for a moment . |
| 8 | Perhaps it is used to us picking out its feet , and filing them , and yet it will not stand still for the farrier . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's been standing empty for a couple of years . |
| 10 | The meal finished , Stan Carver , placing his hands on each side of his plate , slowly raised himself up from the table and , standing still for a moment , said , ‘ Thank God for a good dinner . ’ |
| 11 | The black youth got to his feet , standing still for a moment , swaying with the motion of the train , gripping one of the rails overhead for support . |
| 12 | Everything expelled from other places found a haven here , including the only good pictures in the house — a couple of Rose Bartons , bought by Aunt Tossie at a Church Sale , were considered quite pretty and of local interest , but insignificant compared with the photographic portrait of the first Nicandra , standing stripped for a gallop , but without Fagan , much to his disappointment , at her head . |
| 13 | The gendarme stood bewildered for a moment , and then ran into the street , where for some time he could be heard blowing his whistle . |
| 14 | I came to the end of the bridge , where technically my territory stops , and stood still for a while , thinking , feeling , listening and looking and smelling . |
| 15 | He stood still for a moment breathing deeply . |
| 16 | The desperate man stood still for a moment , then turned and left her . |
| 17 | For some reason this made her think of Finn , and she stood still for a moment , again waiting cautiously for any twinges of anguish , any signs of unhealed wounds . |
| 18 | She stood still for a moment , breathing the air , gazing round her . |
| 19 | She stood still for a moment and looked up and down the street ; it seemed to shine ; the light the sun had poured onto the packed dirt of the road glowed back pewter under the stars ; there was no longer any moon , it had set earlier that night , and the dimensions of the scene had expanded , creating a vacancy which made Rosa feel her pulse quicken , as if she too were growing , becoming less stubby , less compact , stretching upwards and turning silvery herself like the leaf of an olive when the breeze lifts it and shows its metallic underside . |
| 20 | Hector stood undecided for a moment , his eyes travelling from Theda 's outstretched hand back to the gentleman who was obviously a favourite with him . |
| 21 | Willie stood stunned for a moment for he had never been praised by anyone ever . |
| 22 | Leavis 's Great Tradition is headed by a motto from a letter of D. H. Lawrence declaring that writing makes him feel as if he ‘ stood naked for the fire of Almighty God to go through me . ’ |
| 23 | He threw down the washing-up mop and stood stock-still for a moment , gripping the edge of the sink . |
| 24 | The two of them stood silent for a while , gazing at the pleasant scene . |