Stand by Sentence Examples

No one has to be on stand-by to take you to the next destination.

I thought you might want to stand by.

Can I come stand by you?

It is, after all, too negative a thing to stand by itself or to satisfy God."

Ne'Rin only came for her once during the third day, to bring her to stand by him while he received visitors.

Fred continued to stand by as Dean found where Jerome Shipton was staying on the second try.

Go stand by Dan and keep quiet.

Neither her son nor her brother will stand by him.

England's commercial relations with Charles V.'s subjects in the Netherlands put war with the emperor almost out of the question; and cool observers thought that England's obvious policy was to stand by while the two rivals enfeebled each other, and then make her own profit out of their weakness.

Thus, at the time of the Gracchi, these equites-publicani formed a close financial corporation of about 30,000 members, holding an intermediate position between the nobility and the lower classes, keenly alive to their own interests, and ready to stand by one another when attacked.

Stand by me in putting down the heretics and I will stand by thee in putting down the Persians."

As a youth he had joined the league of Schmalkalden, but this adhesion, as well as his subsequent declaration to stand by the confession of Augsburg, cannot be regarded as the decision of his maturer years.

His wealth and power were enlarged by gift of the parliament which met on the 14th and rose on the 19th of April - a date made notable by the subsequent supper at Ainslie's tavern, where Bothwell obtained the signatures of its leading members to a document affirming his innocence, and pledging the subscribers to maintain it against all challengers, to stand by him in all his quarrels and finally to promote by all means in their power the marriage by which they recommended the queen to reward his services and benefit the country.

Though connected in his own mind with his view of human nature and of nature generally, the political theory, as he always declared, could stand by itself.

A theorist who lived mainly in his study, Godwin yet came forward boldly to stand by prisoners arraigned of high treason in that same year-1794.

Libyan, &c., but cannot stand by itself for the name of any particular foreign people.

Some of the most eminent of his southern allies could not stand by David when, in the reign of Stephen and in fidelity to the cause of his niece, the empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I., he invaded England.

For nearly two centuries each reign began with a long royal minority, increasing the power and multiplying the resolved to stand by the Steward and the blood of Bruce, preferred the heavy taxation and the turbulence inevitable under such a king as David to union under an English prince.

Randolph, Madison induced the state's delegation to stand by the constitution in the convention.

He had a rare power of attracting to himself the finest spirits, a power which lay not so much in his ability or his genius as in his character, so simple, so humble, so pure, so unworldly, yet wanting not that severity which can stand by principle and maintain what he holds to be the truth.

Warnings came in plenty, and no less a personage than the man he had made captain-general of Madrid, General Pavia, suggested that, if a conflict arose between Castelar and the majority of the Cortes, not only the garrison of Madrid and its chief, but all the armies in the field and their generals, were disposed to stand by the president.

As plainly appeared in the last years of his life, he was too weak and irresolute to choose a side and stand by it.

If the king or queen could either have had the political genius of Frederick the Great, or could have had the good fortune to find a minister with that genius, and the good sense and good faith to trust and stand by him against mobs of aristocrats and mobs of democrats; if the army had been sound and the states-general had been convoked at Bourges or Tours instead of at Paris, then the type of French monarchy and French society might have been modernized without convulsion.

They found themselves quickly at a stand by the difficulties that arose on every side."

The generals assured the queen-regent and the leaders of the dynastic parties that the army might be counted upon to stand by any government which was sincerely determined to uphold the Restoration against Republicans and Carlists.

The Battalion had parties of specialist machine-gunners and grenade throwers on stand-by, as well as those ready to repair barbed wire.

But when Spike commits a terrible crime, Heaton decides to stand by him an act of astonishing, almost foolhardy loyalty.

We cannot not stand by and allow such impunity to go unchallenged.

Over 1,000 soldiers are on stand-by, ready to drive gasoline tankers to garages.

In vain the pope tried to bribe him with promises and dignities; he was determined to stand by his subjects, and was crowned king by the nobles at Palermo in 1296.

Those who maintain that all these forms of synthesis are hasty and superficial stand by the conviction that the right philosophic attitude is to accept provisionally the main distinctions of common sense, above all the distinction of personal and impersonal; but to press forward to the underlying unity so far as experience and reflection justify.

Will you stand by the toss of the coin?

The letter can stand by itself, or it can be accompanied by brochures, flyers or other print materials that provide detailed information on the product or service.

They had promised to stand by each other, and now it was her turn.

He was a devout and conscientious churchman, and had the courage to stand by his principles.

Yet it was certainly a cause of bitter disappointment to him that he had to stand by while the country was in his opinion not only misgoverned, but led to ruin.

I have found no ally yet who will stand by my armies and attack Tiyan's city directly for fear of some curse.

It seems now all his friends have deserted him, and he only has Ursula, the school loner, to stand by him.

When only a child he liked to stand by the river and see the ships sailing past.

On the other hand, it would be a pledge to the world that we intend to stand by our declaration of war, and give Cuba to the Cubans, as soon as we have fitted them to assume the duties and responsibilities of a self-governing people....

She always liked to stand by the piano when some one was playing and singing.

Houses are set on fire in your presence and you stand by!

Plested, resplendent in a scarlet dress, is our talk-show host, urging us " to stand by your man ".

It is tempting to think of a last stand by the local natives against the might of the Roman Empire.

Umpire launch teams will stand by to give immediate assistance as necessary.

In most circumstances, your birthing partner can be with you, but he'll stand by your head.

His first role in a mainstream movie was in 1986's Stand By Me, which also starred River Phoenix.

While girls should have a say in their clothing, decide beforehand what is acceptable to you as a parent and stand by that when choosing a dress (especially with tween and teen girls).

They stand by their commitment to the fact that their online courses are of the same quality and variety as more traditional programs, ensuring that this is a great educational choice for you to make.

Logically, this would be common sense as the game largely depends on your skill, but I can't help but feel something's not right when I try to plant a bomb and find myself stabbed in the back while my teammates stand by and calmy observe.

I won't stand by while you disrespect me and take me for granted.

With Aries, you'll have a friend that will stand by you no matter what life throws your way.

This is the old stand by for most personal mailing needs including letters, cards, bills and other correspondence.

However, the product is essentially a food, according to some who stand by the claims.

Kourtney vowed to stand by him as a friend but nothing more.

Children's menus are also offered with stand-by selections such as pizza, burgers, and chicken fingers.

Single candle molds, however, are a useful stand-by and are great for artisan candle makers.

Chicken soup - Granny's old stand-by helps replenish the salt, potassium and other soluble nutrients that have been flushed out of your body.

Traditional Thanksgiving dinners are a good stand-by and a great idea if you are cooking for a large group of people, but for a tasty change of pace you might want to explore some alternative Thanksgiving dinner ideas.

The old stand-by question for red carpet reporters is "Who are you wearing?"