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How to use stand-off in a sentence

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Sievwright, in particular, had a fine match at stand-off and was at the heart of much of Boroughmuir's best work.
The club boast a potent partnership in stand-off Murray Stewart and scrum-half Scott Gilliland.
Both started this keenly-anticipated derby, Ryan at stand-off and Alex at loose forward.
Back came Emley, with some fine attacking play, opening a gap for their agile stand-off Dave Pawson to score a converted try.
Veteran stand-off Tommy Martyn made a sparkling return from a broken arm, scoring their 10th try in injury time.
Using Richard Welding as a foil on the outside, the stand-off then added a try himself as he slipped through the Fylde defence on the inside.
Gala clawed back three points almost immediately with the only penalty goal of the match thanks to stand-off Andy McLean.
Storm, lacking their first-choice stand-off, scrum-half and hooker, struggled to fire.
He was closely followed for the man of the match award by stand-off Mark Sanderson, who ran well with ball in hand and tackled tirelessly.
Adam, who made his debut at stand-off in the match, is Ben's younger brother, and so the latter had to declare an interest in the match.
We've a great stand-off in Danny McGuire and a great full back in Richie Mathers.
Adam Mitchell added the conversion to an earlier penalty and the young stand-off finished with seven goals from seven attempts.
Aussie stand-off Matthew Johns meanwhile is a target for Cronulla Sharks next term and could be released from his contract.
Saints' star Paul Sculthorpe is likely to be pressed into service as an emergency stand-off in next Sunday's First Test.
Teenage stand-off James Young converted from the touchline then added a penalty as Albion took control.
But she offered no explanation as to what triggered his five-hour stand-off with police, during which he shot indiscriminately at neighbours.
The true decision, though, was between a stand-off bombing and the human raid.
The visitors drew first blood after just four minutes when their stand-off slotted a penalty.
The group of around 16 protesters are in a stand-off with police at the military depot.
This stand-off threatens to create a slew of zombie banks, on life support from the taxpayer, for a prolonged period of time.
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Examples from Classical Literature
So far as the result upon the religion of the world was concerned, it was a stand-off.
You don't know beans about me, and I don't know you from Adam's off ox, so that's a stand-off.
In the minds of impartial observers the argument was a stand-off.
The women whom men love the longest are prim, stand-off women.
Thus we play with each other, and it is a stand-off which is cleverest.
An Iranian-flagged dhow was fired upon by a Bahrain-based US patrol boat following a stand-off in international waters.
Andy Nicol's men earned the lead at the break, only for his former team to grab the glory, thanks mainly to the boot of stand-off Shaun Berne.
The van then fled, eventually stopping in a restaurant car park in the suburb of Hutchins, where the stand-off ensued.
Reivers stand-off Stephen Jones thought he was on course for a dramatic early interception try but the ref ruled offside against centres Ben MacDougall and Nick De Luca.
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