Example sentences of "he stand for [art] " in BNC.

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1 He stood for a minute , appraising the close-fitted timbers and sleek varnish , then knocked again .
2 The younger Dr Gysi used a term from the 1920s when he said he stood for a ‘ third path between Stalinism and capitalism ’ .
3 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 .
4 He stood for a few moments thinking , and looking apprehensively from one stallion to the other .
5 Giving himself dialogue seemed to calm him and he stood for a moment , arms idle at his side , breathing slowly and heavily .
6 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 .
7 When he parked outside a row of shops , he stood for a moment examining the passing traffic .
8 He stood for a minute looking up at it , Kate unspeaking at his side .
9 He stood for a moment , looking around him .
10 He stood for a moment , looking up and down the dark street before quietly entering the passage .
11 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 .
12 He stood for a while staring at them .
13 Without showing any sign of emotion he stood for a while at the head of the bier .
14 But he stood for a moment , hesitating , and Ruth saw a look of such sadness go over his face that tears threatened her again .
15 He stood for a moment chewing his lip .
16 He stood for a moment between the columns , staring into the gloom .
17 He stood for a moment in silence .
18 He stood for a moment and then started to go out .
19 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 …
20 He stood for a moment , a towering dark figure and watched as the blood — sluggish now — seeped from the boy 's mangled body .
21 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 .
22 We were back in the bedroom then and he stood for a moment looking down at her .
23 He stood for a moment , and without a sound fell off the hillside .
24 Out in the street he stood for a while , obstructing the pavement .
25 He stood for a while , watching the pyrotechnic chaos in the yard below , then moved slowly back into the banqueting hall .
26 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 .
27 He stood for a moment admiring it .
28 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 .
29 He stood for a minute or so gazing down expressionlessly at the pale , bloodless face of the Prophet .
30 He stood for a moment , gun held loosely at waist level , trying to get his bearings .
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