Example sentences of "stand [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His head whirled and he felt giddy , virtually unable to stand upright for the foul vapours about him . |
| 2 | You sit there , then you get up and you walk to one end of your cell , which is n't very far , stand there for a little while , then you walk back , look out the window , and all the thoughts go through your mind — I could be out there , your children , friends , what you 'd be doing if you was out there . |
| 3 | Both the Congress Party and India 's constitution have kept the rivalry in check by standing firmly for a secular India in which the state is impartial between religions . |
| 4 | They stood together for a few moments , her head sunk in his mighty chest , his head finally bowed as he looked down on her . |
| 5 | Martha stood patiently for a long time while her mother tried one dress after another on her , hoping to find a colour that made her skin seem paler and a cut that disguised her skeletal proportions . |
| 6 | Everyone stood aside for the barrel-like KGB colonel in full uniform and his scruffy civilian companion . |
| 7 | And he bustled out on to the landing to fetch a straight-backed chair that stood there for no particular reason . |
| 8 | She stood there for a long time , thinking the whole thing out . |
| 9 | They stood there for a few more seconds , staring at each other . |
| 10 | Jessamy stood there for a few moments , staring at his retreating back . |
| 11 | He stood there for a few moments . |
| 12 | And her uncle with me beside you and whole wedding and the minister was saying , sit down and do n't he he brought her up the aisle , I do n't know whether her father 's coming back or something , and he says no I 'm not sitting like , he says no I 'm not moving back and he stood there for the whole wedding like , back . |