Sentence examples similar to should have stood for from inspiring English sources

The 2014 49ers should have stood as a cautionary tale for all sports franchises; if you have a machine that's working, don't let anything start pulling the pieces away.

They all should have stood in bed.

He added: "Downing Street are very keen to get their own people onto public boards and the secretary of state for education should have stood up for Sally Morgan.

DeSantis essentially argues that he had nothing to do with the credit default swaps that nearly brought down the company (and the world economy), and that since he agreed to work for a $1 salary plus his bonus, AIG CEO Edward Liddy should have stood up for him and "innocent" executives like him.

May should have stood up for us when she wrote that letter.

"Theresa May should have stood up for Britain and our values by condemning his actions.

"They should have stood up for the change Donald Trump is bringing now but they didn't.

The foreign minister, Julie Bishop, should have "stood up for western values" and shunned the Islamic headscarf during a recent visit to Iran, conservative commentator Andrew Bolt said.

The commentator then presses Abetz on whether Bishop should have "stood up for western values" by refusing to cover her head.

"And I felt that if they cared about real freedom of speech, they should have stood up for me when I was fighting the party".

They should have stood up for the principle that simple-majority votes should determine confirmation of executive appointments, not a 60-vote threshold that gives minority parties a veto over a president's team and that was unintended by the Constitution.