Sentences with phrase «stood firm»

Schumer stood firm in blocking McConnell's bill, a compromise that would shorten the stopgap bill to funding the government for three weeks instead of four, and demanded a full budget agreement as well as a fix for immigrants brought here illegally as children.

Much nervous laughter: but the police and Home Office stood firm.

But he stood firm on the need for legal aid cuts, saying: «It was the case that too much taxpayer money was spent on legal aid.

Swansea stood firm in January when Sunderland made several attempts to price Ayew away from South Wales with claims the Black Cats tabled a bid worth up to # 10m.

The CBA leadership pushed strongly for members to refrain from the action, but members stood firm.

Two of the eight Lib Dem MPs, Farron's defeated rival for the tarnished crown Norman Lamb and Ceredigion MP Mark Williams, stood firm and voted against the latest war.

Our house decor stood firm against the attempted pinkification.

The other attorney attempted to discredit the findings but even with his sometimes hostile approach Dr. Haiman stood firm and remained professional.

Szabo wanted a vaginal delivery, and argued with hospital executives, but they stood firm: They refused to do vaginal births after Caesareans (VBACs) because they have a slightly higher risk for complications.

I stood firm.

I stood firm on my ground and told the old hags where to go.

Town continued to see a lot of the ball, and although the retention was of a composed standard, the final product was yet to come to fruition as the Hertfordshire Club stood firm with a defiant defensive structure.

Of course, it was never going to be that way in this derby — West Ham made it 3 - 1, Serge Aurier was sent off for two bookable offences with 20 minutes left and Cheikhou Kouyate pulled another back for 3 - 2 on 87 minutes, but we stood firm.

Brentford switched off at the back and allowed Zohore to poke home from just inside the box, but they stood firm in the closing minutes.

But Wolves lacked a penalty box presence, and on the whole, Chelsea's back line stood firm.

But The Gunners stood firm, and a huge sigh of relief was heard around the stadium as the final whistle blew.

Costa tried to make a nuisance of himself but was well marshaled by Bailly, Rojo and Pogba as United stood firm and solid at the back.

The Irons had somewhat stood firm, but that Town confidence and persistence to probe and patiently work an opening would prove to be of a monumental stature five minutes before the break.

Our young backline stood firm to keep out wave after wave of Southampton attacks to all but secure second spot in the Under - 18s Premier League South.

Throughout some seriously dark mid-winter months, as relegation became a very real possibility, David Gold and David Sullivan stood firm in their -LSB-...]

Lee O'Connor stood firm with City on the attack, making a clearance to deny City another goalscoring opportunity.

After that, it was relentless pressure from City as wave after wave of sky blue kept hitting the Reds, but much like the second half at Anfield, the rearguard stood firm for the large part.

It made the final few moments interesting as the visitors pushed for another, but they left it too late as Mansfield's defence stood firm and the forward players ran the clock down at the other end of the pitch.

Accrington Stanley had stood firm for most of the match, at times pressing the issue but in the end Payet's moment of brilliance proved the difference.

So far Bayern have always stood firm or helped to change his mind with a bit of a pay rise.

The Saints stood firm and now Van Dijk is on his way back, but that has not stopped clubs maintaining an interest.

Liverpool stood firm in the summer after Barcelona came calling for Coutinho and knocked back three bids as well as the Brazilian's transfer request.

Around the hour mark, the home side won a succession of corners but Liverpool stood firm and withstood another moment of danger when the ball fell to Gnabry but he was unable to steer his effort on target.

Wales were dominating possession but Moldova stood firm until Bale's cross exposed an aerial weakness and Vokes planted a firm header past Cebanu.

«I had a chance to play for the Italy youth side and potentially at a youth World Cup but I stood firm that Nigeria was definitely my future, 100 %.

But whatever they tried the Arsenal quartet in front of Szczesny stood firm and was impressive.

We gave the ball to Tottenham and stood firm and they could hardly create any danger in front of our goal at first.

They stood firm and then battled back.

As much Swansea attacked, our defence was resolute, stood firm and they that's their job, and it's not like Swansea overran Arsenal in the first half.

Yaya Toure was in a similar situation in which his agent kept running his mouth and Pep stood firm and froze Toure out of the team until he apologised and was then reinstated.

The agreement comes weeks after negotiations began between the two Premier League clubs, and the Magpies were thought to have cooled their interest after Spurs stood firm over their # 14m price tag.

Klopp said he didn't want to lose Coutinho and Liverpool stood firm.

As of date Wenger has stood firm.

As the Valley evolved into an agricultural region, orchards were planted around the tree, but it stood firm.

Arsenal hopes of signing the talented forward seemed to have gone when he moved instead to another German club Wolfsburg in the summer of 2015 but were raised again this summer when it came out that Draxler was pushing for a transfer away after just one season, but his club stood firm and refused.

Mayors in Anaheim, Calgary, Glendale and Minneapolis have all recently stood firm against sports franchises.

Florent Sinama - Pongolle hit back early in the second half, but the Greek defence stood firm until local lad Neil Mellor scored his fifth of six career Liverpool goals with a thumping strike from long range.

Chelsea pressed hard for an equalizer but Arsenal stood firm and Petr Cech made a few key saves as well as exuding confidence to our defenders.

The north London outfit were heavily linked with a move for the Kenyan midfielder during the summer transfer window, but were unable to reach an agreement with the Saints, who stood firm with their stance not to sell another one of their key players.

We continued to fight hard in the final minutes of the game, but our opponents stood firm in defence, and the drab game looked as if it would end with the boring final score that matched the game, but we managed to score in the final seconds of injury time.

The emblematic building has stood firm as one of the most viewed architectural representations of the Art Deco culture, and it is part of the legacy of Miami Beach.

At thirty, I stood firm.

The followers of Polycarp wanted him to move but the Bishop stood firm and insisted that his capture and death was inevitable and God's will!

Oh, they sang sweet, and they sang sour Oh, they tried every double The boys they stood firm as a tower And mocked the sophists» trouble.

While President Bush stood firm, the issue of stem cell research appeared to be a political winner for Democrats and to pit the claims of science against strict ethical guidelines.