stand on

Example Sentences

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Having driven up to Llyn Teifi in the Cambrian mountains, we stand on a bridge, surrounded by rocky outcrops and marshland.

From BBC

"We as Danes and as Europeans will really have to stand on our own feet," Frederiksen told parliament.

From BBC

I wanted to argue with Mama and Daisy but I realized that I didn’t have a leg to stand on.

From Literature

“No publisher in their right mind would stand on anything as insignificant as a contractual description in the face of such a work.”

From Los Angeles Times

Dr Mark Taubert, a palliative care consultant, said a lot of clinicians "are very nervous about this", adding that regardless where some stand on assisted dying "a lot of people think this Bill is a car crash waiting to happen".

From BBC