Sentence examples for have hung back from inspiring English sources

"I could have hung back in midfield for another three or four years, but I thought, no.

If he truly did not think the outcome in Libya mattered if he had been willing to live with a Qaddafi victory then he could have hung back and allowed events to proceed.

He noted that some dragoons were said to have hung back, and one regiment of hussars had even refused to charge, while in contrast Napoleon "shewed the greatest courage; led in person many charges both of infantry and cavalry".

The FLN, say its leaders, was the main victim of the alleged rigging since it, unlike most parties, had presented candidates in almost all communes.Although the FLN's leaders have hung back from calling for public protest, its supporters and local officials are angry, and some have decided to back opposition demonstrations.

Banks have hung back somewhat and let other lenders, such as insurance companies and specialist funds, venture into commercial property alongside them.So far, says Alison Le Bras, a banking analyst at Fitch, a credit-rating agency, bad-debt problems at European banks have arisen mostly because of international exposures to Argentina, Enron and WorldCom.

I wish I could have hung back this weekend and chilled with you guys and dispensed with this unspeakable evil once and for all, but it's my parents' twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, and there was no way I could miss it, even though in the meantime She's growing stronger.

President Obama has hung back from the Wisconsin race.

In more recent battles, Carlson has hung back.

I had hung back to accompany Molly and was just making conversation.

Instead Sade has hung back, letting the songs alone define her.

Morrisons, which had hung back from the small-space race, recently jumped in.