Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will be true despite thy scythe and thee ’ ) , in Sonnet 116 the Friend seems to have receded into the background while the poet stands up for all men ; Although the poet 's love is included in the affirmation , I would agree with Ingram and Redpath in seeing the poem rather as ‘ a meditative attempt to define perfect love ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's hard to stand up for that length of time , ’ said Couples , who had two double-bogeys in his 71 . |
| 3 | The train was electrically lighted , and in order to economise current when the train had to stand by for some time , nearly every lamp was under separate control . |
| 4 | stand in for any Committee member , if you |
| 5 | Evidently , one tends to forget the worst episodes over time , and remembers only those items that stand out for some reason ’ . |