Sentence examples for were ready to stick from inspiring English sources

"They were ready to stick the knife in us.

Ultimately, this is a highly political issue about who should be in charge of setting targets: those most vulnerable nations, who led the call in Paris for a 1.5C target, or those less vulnerable nations in the rich world, who were ready to stick with two degrees?

He was ready to stick to his guns".

I am ready to stick up for my nation before any judge".

"I'm ready to stick around a little bit longer and keep practicing".

"Hit 'em for six, Botham!" flapped one banner, a script to which the home side's talisman was ready to stick.

Mrs. Rell says she's ready to stick with the existing budget and allow Democrats to extend the conveyance tax surcharge.

These are a bulimic's politics, where you can gorge yourself on dervish demagogues because you know the army is ready to stick its finger down your throat.

"Will there be enough growth going forward to make material progress on the unemployment rate?" But Mr. Bernanke, who controls the decision-making process, gave little indication on Thursday that he was ready to stick another needle into the economy.

He makes bold claims that the Lib Dems have made the coalition more pro-European, more liberal and greener, and he heaps praise on the Tories for going further than expected in many areas, but he is ready to stick both boots in to defend his party's treasured hopes of electoral reform.

Then, in the ambulance, "the paramedics communicate your current status to the hospital, where a now fully informed trauma team is ready to stick you everywhere and ask you where it hurts," Dr. Thomas said, adding, "You've got a good chance".