Sentence examples for which stood him from inspiring English sources
It was an experience which stood him in good stead and helped the IPCC survive its greatest test – the investigation into the shooting of Brazilian civilian Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell underground station in 2005.
His mother had come from Sweden, and he learned Swedish before he learned English (which stood him in good stead when he received his Nobel prize from the king of Sweden).
Described as urbane, sophisticated and interested in politics but also dandyish and with no political agenda, one area of Greig's life that has never let up is his devotion to the privileged social scene, something which stood him in good stead when meeting and befriending the Evening Standard's new owner Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev and his restaurateur son Evgeny, 28.
As a postdoc, Ray Kent wrote plenty of grant applications, which stood him in good stead for his current role.
"His natural and engaging extroversion, which stands him in such good stead as Mercutio and in 'Giselle,' is completely against him here," Martin wrote in 1949.
After all this time, the teams that have meant the most to Schwarz — the P.B.A., which stood by him, the precinct cops who testified for him, the legal team that took on every challenge — have kept up the fight.
(One of Jane Austen's nieces, Anne Lefroy, wrote that he was "considered extremely handsome… it was a beauty which stood by him all his life".
The main idea for Marrs Piliero came from the lyric "be a little inappropriate", which stood out for him, but he did not want to make a video about sexual inappropriateness.
Tony Benn bequeathed his son two further gifts which have stood him in good stead.
When he was younger, some other players nicknamed him "FIGJAM," which stood for "Fuck I'm great, just ask me".
Google, which stood up to the Death Star of Microsoft?
