Sentence examples for stand off at from inspiring English sources

Because of heavy weather and difficulty in docking, it was decided that the safest option was that the vessel should withdraw to stand off at anchor outside the port," the spokesman said.

Vergil defeats Dante at first, then they have a stand off at the second encounter.

For some reason, we always walked around it along the right-field side, never the other way, and each time I would wonder about the oddly arrayed ticket kiosks (General Admission fifty-five cents; Reserved Grandstand a dollar ten) that stood off at such a distance from the gates.

We stood off to one side, at the end of the bar, and waited for a table.

First, a ship that could hit at ranges beyond the capabilities of its enemies could stand off and destroy them at leisure.

Performing at Le Poisson Rouge last May, the fifty-eight-year-old guitarist Nels Cline stood off-center, at the edge of the stage.

Last summer's stand-off at Drumcree intimidated the police into giving way.

He was shot dead by police after a 36-hour stand-off at his flat.

While insurers and the Government seem to be in a stand-off at the moment, homeowners are left helpless.

Might he have the potential to be a great Scot of a stand-off at international level?

Darts legend Bobby George pops up to compere a stand-off at the oche between Keith and Chick.