Sentence examples for stand by with from inspiring English sources

"You simply couldn't stand by with your arms folded," Beckett said firmly to me.

What no responsible country can do is to stand by with its arms folded.

In this case, Pelosi had to stand by, with cameras rolling, as they continued shouting.

"How could we just stand by with people being massacred, women raped, children slaughtered, mosques destroyed?" Shaker asks.

"When land invasions take place, the police stand by with arms crossed because this government has no will to enforce the law".

We needed our own waiter to stand by with a sweating pitcher, and finally, on the Thursday night visit, one practiced due diligence, and we were grateful.

Divers and rescuers remain on stand-by with inflatable pontoons, in case any of the whales should break away from the group.

The Team GB coach has left himself open to criticism by selecting Micah Richards, who declined to go on stand-by with Roy Hodgson's Euro 2012 squad.

Argentina has been negotiating a $2.8 billion stand-by with it for many weeks; the government's claim of agreement just before the elections was, well, premature.

He is a one-man wrecking machine and can use his wrestling to force fighters into a boxing match, and then putting them on stand-by with a huge left hand.

McNamara did not name Ferres in his 24-strong World Cup squad but he impressed the coach when playing for England Knights in their 52-16 win over Samoa at Salford last Saturday and remained on stand-by with the squad in Loughborough.