Sentence examples for offered to stand from inspiring English sources
He offered to stand down.
Next, the redoubtable Stanley Johnson offered to stand in Boris's parliamentary seat of Henley.
Earlier on Thursday the country's interior and justice ministers conceded security errors had been made and offered to stand down.
The day after his arrest, 17 of the country's most powerful businessmen joined the chorus of protest and offered to stand bail for him.
She said yesterday: "I'm absolutely thrilled that Rufus Hound has offered to stand for the NHA in the London euro election.
Another party figure, Razaleigh Hamzah, a former finance minister, called for an emergency party congress and later offered to stand against Mr Badawi if enough members supported him.
There has been speculation that Hunt will offer to stand aside in a late summer reshuffle.
When a company writes excess insurance, it offers to stand behind a primary insurer, and pay claims if something so serious happens that the primary insurance is exhausted.
"It's about this group of people that offer to stand in for deceased people to their relatives and friends," he explains.
My suggestion: Offer to stand for parents with young children, the elderly, pregnant women and (my trickiest category) people who look as if they need the seat more than we do.
There's a hilarious moment when Jackie cuts short a sexual encounter with his sponsor's wife by suddenly crying "I mean what are we – Europeans or some shit?" Even the sexually ambiguous Cousin Julio offers to stand by Jackie, in the menacing style of Jean-Claude Van Damme, because of a remembered act of childhood kindness.
