Example sentences of "stand [adj] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He also remembered times when he himself was so hungry that he could n't stand straight for the cramps in his stomach . |
| 3 | Most horses will stand better for the farrier , and be more cooperative , if they are reassured and rewarded . |
| 4 | * Horses will usually stand better for the farrier if they have been exercised beforehand , and have already satisfied their need for exercise . |
| 5 | Perhaps it is used to us picking out its feet , and filing them , and yet it will not stand still for the farrier . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |