Example sentences of "he stood [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus when Clarkson spoke movingly to the gathered World Convention of 1840 he was intended to symbolise continuity and provide in what he stood for a unifying focus . |
| 2 | Retreating to the edge of the clearing , he stood for a full five minutes , listening intently to the night sounds for anything out of place . |
| 3 | GERALD ANNESLEY , one of Ulster 's most colourful landowners who has died aged 86 , caused a mild sensation in the general election of 1951 when , although a former chairman of the local Unionist party , he stood as a Protestant Irish Nationalist candidate for South Down . |
| 4 | In 1981 he was chairman of the Computer Retailers ' Association , and he stood as a local government candidate for Rother Valley in the 1987 General Election . |
| 5 | In 1941 he stood as an independent candidate in four by-elections ; but although he retained his deposit on each occasion , there was to be no political comeback for this highly cantankerous patriot . |
| 6 | He stood beside a muddy soccer pitch . |
| 7 | For a few months he stood on a European par with Adler and Liebknecht and tried to take responsibility for Russians interned after the Brest–Litovsk peace . |
| 8 | She had a great temptation to rest against him , but he stood with a swift movement that was all anger and sarcasm . |
| 9 | He stood in a familiar , flamboyant posture with his hands on his hips and his chin stuck out , constantly turning his head from left to right and back again , to take in his entire audience . |
| 10 | ‘ So you are writing about those things , ’ another Israeli said as he stood in a narrow , shaded lane . |
| 11 | He was certainly no taller than me and he stood in an instinctive boxer 's crouch . |
| 12 | He stood like a threatening dark presence over her . |
| 13 | He stood like an immovable obstacle in front of his younger brother . |