Example sentences of "he stood for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood for a while staring at them . |
| 2 | Without showing any sign of emotion he stood for a while at the head of the bier . |
| 3 | Out in the street he stood for a while , obstructing the pavement . |
| 4 | He stood for a while , watching the pyrotechnic chaos in the yard below , then moved slowly back into the banqueting hall . |
| 5 | He stood for a while in the darkness , hoping that perhaps one of the nuns , Lady Amelia or Dame Agatha , would follow him out , but no one came . |
| 6 | He stood for a while , looking round about at the quiet dunes and the settling birds . |
| 7 | And as Morse opened his passenger door , he stood for a while looking up at the Pole Star , and asking himself the question he had been asking for the past two hours : was there any way in which Downes could still have been the murderer after all ? |
| 8 | He stood for a minute , appraising the close-fitted timbers and sleek varnish , then knocked again . |
| 9 | He stood for a minute looking up at it , Kate unspeaking at his side . |
| 10 | He stood for a minute or so gazing down expressionlessly at the pale , bloodless face of the Prophet . |
| 11 | He stood for a move away from the traditional Democratic identification with " big government " and their vote-losing image as high taxers . |
| 12 | He stood for a moment laughing at her as she cast furiously for the vanished rabbit , and walked on , to catch her up , along the raised embankment . |
| 13 | Giving himself dialogue seemed to calm him and he stood for a moment , arms idle at his side , breathing slowly and heavily . |
| 14 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 15 | When he parked outside a row of shops , he stood for a moment examining the passing traffic . |
| 16 | He stood for a moment , looking around him . |
| 17 | He stood for a moment , looking up and down the dark street before quietly entering the passage . |
| 18 | But he stood for a moment , hesitating , and Ruth saw a look of such sadness go over his face that tears threatened her again . |
| 19 | He stood for a moment chewing his lip . |
| 20 | He stood for a moment between the columns , staring into the gloom . |
| 21 | He stood for a moment in silence . |
| 22 | He stood for a moment and then started to go out . |
| 23 | He stood for a moment longer , looking at her , unable to speak , seeing that she was so beautiful it was hurtful to him , thinking that in other circumstances he would be unmanned by such beauty , except that he was not unmanned , that was the very last thing … |
| 24 | He stood for a moment , a towering dark figure and watched as the blood — sluggish now — seeped from the boy 's mangled body . |
| 25 | He stood for a moment , framed in the great gateway , and Fenella saw how the early morning light touched his dark hair and brought out red glints in it and saw , as well , that his eyes were shining , as if he was already looking ahead to the dangers and the adventures . |
| 26 | We were back in the bedroom then and he stood for a moment looking down at her . |
| 27 | He stood for a moment , and without a sound fell off the hillside . |
| 28 | He stood for a moment on the promenade in the same huddled way , and then he made his way slowly towards a green-painted seat and sat slowly down on it . |
| 29 | He stood for a moment admiring it . |
| 30 | He stood for a moment , gun held loosely at waist level , trying to get his bearings . |