Example sentences of "stand [adj] for [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had grown up amongst beautiful clothes , been dressed from childhood in designer fashion , been made to stand still for fittings for her graduation dress and her first ball gown , and hated every moment of it . |
| 2 | Members of a Rifle Section stand ready for action in front of their Warrior Mechanised Combat Vehicles |
| 3 | When handpumps break down , they can stand idle for want of maintenance , not for a week or two , or even for a few days , but for the lifetime of all the villagers . |
| 4 | You do not want to be anthropomorphic about animals when people are dying needlessly around you , but there was a sad aimlessness about this beast , limping around the tarmac on three legs , moving hesitantly towards people , then thinking better of it , or standing motionless for minutes on end , staring into the bushes on the perimeter . |
| 5 | And beside the basic structural problems there is a further set of problems connected with such an economy in crisis : energy shortages , or assembly-lines standing idle for want of one or two spare parts . |
| 6 | Fourth , when draft legislation came before the Main Committee in 1860 Alexander stood firm for change in the face of obdurate resistance from aristocrats . |