Example sentences of "stands up [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then I 've got ta meet Emma and she stands up at the top . |
| 2 | It is a small but spread-out , almost incoherent town , the pleasantest part of which stands up above the river and has a row of modest hotels . |
| 3 | I think the bit that stands up above the horizon is fine , I mean I think that gives you a good idea of what it would have been like had you been able to get the whole , or not perhaps the whole of it , but a lot more of the post up above the horizon simply by getting down lower . |
| 4 | Forests get hacked down because nobody stands up to the logging industry . |
| 5 | Bauhaus ' ‘ Dark Entries ’ remains a ferocious blue ( black ) print ; Danse Society 's ‘ We 're So Happy ’ is surprisingly epic and coolly resonant ; and mid-'80s music hall like X-Mal Deutschland , Sex Gang Children , Specimen and Alien Sex Fiend stands up to the test of time . |
| 6 | Bob Murray finds out how well a big green luxury saloon stands up to the strain of chauffeuring a discerning family of four around France |
| 7 | Labour must , once again , be the party that stands up for the individual against the vested interests that hold him or her back … |
| 8 | Even now if I look at a video the hair still stands up on the back of the neck , and you get that tingle on the spine . |
| 9 | He stands up with the assistance of the therapist : he may do his trousers up while the therapist makes sure he remains properly aligned and upright , or the therapist may fasten the trousers while the patient concentrates on standing and balancing . |