Sentence examples for standoff of a from inspiring English sources

Hablot Browne, who illustrated it, shows Jip on the dinner table baring his teeth at a seated guest, a mealtime standoff of a kind not unknown in real households of the time: the first Mrs Hardy allowed her cats to sit beside the plates, and the second Mrs Hardy's dog, Wessex, contested every forkful of food taken up by a luncheon guest.

I asked Terry to fight and there was a standoff of about a week.

We end up with a standoff of sorts – an enormous number of people with hearing problems who remain untreated, yet plenty of service providers.

Lately, the White House has been the site of a standoff of sorts, the center of a slow-moving drama involving real estate interests, matters of historical preservation and the lives of a handful of poor, essentially helpless men.

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration moved Monday to complete free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, submitting the deals for Congressional approval after resolving a standoff of months with Republicans over the details of a package both sides said they favored.

The 2013 seizure, after a SWAT standoff, of marijuana that was listed at a different weight in police reports and lab analysis.

He then holed up in the room in a standoff of more than two hours that led the authorities to lock down a small section of the building while allowing the rest of the sprawling medical complex to remain open.

But a standoff of sorts has emerged.

After a standoff of several seconds.

After Mr. Harper did not respond, there was a standoff of close to two hours.

After a standoff of several weeks, Peruvian troops stormed the embassy and killed all the guerrillas.