Sentence examples for they stood back from inspiring English sources

They stood back and waited.

Then they stood back and watched the crop veer out of control.

They lowered the tailgate — Donal heard chains and a rumble — and they stood back.

"Rather than investigate the threats on his life, they stood back".

They stood back at first but now own many of the companies making the safer alternatives to cigarettes.

"They stood back and watched while the stock market ran up, then had a ham-fisted response when it fell.

The dun-colored elk cry and mew as they stand back and wait for the bison to eat.

Such an approach gives the United Nations an incentive not to join, Mr. Levin said, because other nations know the United States will do the job if they stand back.

James Carter, 15, was among a group of students who crowded the street, resisting the entreaties of the police that they stand back.

Some are even trying out words like "opportunity" as they stand back to survey the impact of the crisis on what had previously been a fast-growing economy.

And the rear hatch opens really high, so even six-footers won't risk banging their heads when they stand back up after loading groceries.