Example sentences of "stood for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood for a long while looking at Voting Right . |
| 2 | The headless trunk stood for a long second , the blood fountaining in a gush of scarlet from the raw stump of its neck , before collapsing bonelessly to the mat . |
| 3 | Charles collapsed like a glove puppet with the hand withdrawn , and stood for a long moment , sagging . |
| 4 | She had risen from her deep curtsey , and stood for a long moment gazing steadily into his face . |
| 5 | I had an old air-raid shelter , partly dug into the ground because of the slope : there was a load of stones on top , waiting to turn the shelter into an apple store disguised as a rockery , and when Mrs Wilson saw this she stood for a long time looking at the hump in the ground and the pile of stones . |
| 6 | In the garden of Burleigh Court , situated near the present Ulster Bank , there stood for a long time an old pear tree known as ‘ King William 's pear tree ’ . |
| 7 | I stood for a long time in a telephone box just to keep out of the slicing rain . |
| 8 | There she stood for a long time , gazing out to sea , her heart full of sadness and her eyes full of tears . |
| 9 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
| 10 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
| 11 | I stood for a long time , staring at the mirror . |
| 12 | When he had gone , she stood for a long time in front of the looking-glass that hung over the fire , her hands pressed to her cheeks , her face quite alive with excitement . |
| 13 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
| 14 | She went up to her room , put the Diary in her drawer and stood for a long time , breathing on the window and drawing faces . |
| 15 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
| 16 | She walked one last time down the rickety boardwalk in front of the cabins , and stood for a long time looking down at the sleeping lodge , the moody lake beyond it . |
| 17 | She stood for a long time , trying to make sense of her feelings , the words he had said tumbling around in her brain . |
| 18 | Gently Vi eased off her shoes , wriggled her toes , then stood for a blissful moment , eyes closed . |
| 19 | In the theatre , a single chariot-wheel propelled across the stage stood for a whole army : in the film version , you have horses , chariots , contending extras . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Creed had requisitioned an open car , and he stood for the entire procession , as a mark of his own personal respect for the deceased . |
| 22 | In my case , the first and most important candle stood for the dark forest . |
| 23 | Her fragmentation into little states , split between Protestantism and Catholicism , has been exacerbated by a split between those who wanted Western or Eastern orientation : the West , represented by the rationalism and domination of France , the liberalism and mercantilism of England , or the modernism of the United States , stood for the individual standing in a contractual relationship to society , nation-statehood and world political power ; while the East , represented by Russia and Asia beyond implied culture , tradition , anti-modernism , barbarity , community and political romanticism . |
| 24 | ( This is how the story is recorded in Luke 13:6–9 , where the fig tree stood for the self-righteous people , such as the Pharisees , who made a great show of their religion but produced few results . |
| 25 | As the credits rolled my mother and father , like most filmgoers of that generation , stood for the National Anthem . |
| 26 | In 1964 he stood for the pretty safe ( at the time ) Conservative seat of Glasgow Pollok . |
| 27 | But our to avoid that situation I left and went to work with which kept me in the Edinburgh branch and within three or four weeks I stood for the local organizer and had not been successful . |
| 28 | Billy English stood for an English clan wider than his immediate family . |