Sentence examples for but we cannot stand from inspiring English sources

"I thought of not voting, but we cannot stand aside".

But we cannot stand by when the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a nation is flagrantly violated.

We know Taliban are killing people and threatening people, but we cannot stand against them, or tell Americans or police about their whereabouts".

We know all of this to be true, but we cannot stand down and watch as older folks try to dictate our future and pontificate about what we are going to do in the upcoming election.

But we cannot stand back and simply survey the foundations with pride; we must continue to build.

But he said, "We cannot stand still; we cannot just say we will leave things as they are in Syria, because it is a gravely deteriorating situation".

Sadly, as with most charities, funding is a nightmare; applications to foundations and trusts take for ever to come through, but we feel we cannot stand and wait.

"Lines for us are like a spouse from time immemorial whom we cannot stand, but without whom we cannot exist," said Jorge Sayegh, a columnist for the newspaper El Universal who wrote this year about Venezuelans' acceptance of, even fondness, for lines.

But it does not mean that we cannot stand up for children's rights in the UK".

We cannot stand still or slip backwards.

We cannot stand their football team.