stand firm
stand fast

She could certainly stand firm with the best of them, however.

He was right of course, but she tried to stand firm.

But local and state officials, with the law on their side, stand firm against him.

He should have made up his mind and stood firm.

This was a woman who wanted to stand firm, on her own.

Every man's hand has been against us, and yet we have stood firm.

But we all said we're standing firm and going ahead.

I would just like to tell the Council to stand firm.

Which, he decided, made it all the more important to stand firm.

But I stood firm there and at last she gave way.

But there is still some hope that it will stand firm.

In a little while, if a man of them still stood firm, he was one with nothing to lose.

His troops stood firm in the following weeks and took back the lost ground.

"In the name of the people, I order you to stand firm."

That is no reason to stand firm on your own national interests alone.

"We need the Congress to stand firm and strong," he said.

When she stood firm and left the door open, he shut it himself.

He has stood firm in his support of abortion rights.

He heard her, of that much was she certain, but the walls stood firm.

They too stand firm, the promises I have made you.

But if the House stands firm in a vote expected today, only research money will be available next year.

That number, 2,792, had stood firm for more than a year.

That is a key principle, on which we should stand firm.

It was the only thing she felt capable of standing firm on.

If there is no place of refuge, they will stand firm.

Now, when standing fast made sense, he had to give ground.

Whether or not it would have stood fast, she never knew.

Nothing remained for him but to stand fast and hold up.

I could have given you orders to stand fast no matter what happened.

The other three of us still stand fast with you."

"Because I told my first mate to have the men stand fast."

House negotiators have the public's security on their side and must stand fast.

Throughout any exchange, the boy is described as standing fast.

The governor has stood fast, saying both houses want to spend too much.

"Right is on our side, and we intend to stand fast."

But he stood fast and could not be thrown off balance.

It stood fast in its bed of ice and stones.

The other two men stood fast for a moment, both looking at Modesty.

And if he stood fast, so would those around him, not just here in emergency, but throughout the entire hospital.

Your orders are to stand fast until you hear from us again."

But at least in their public posture, the Republican leadership was standing fast.

All the same we sent a message to the commander, asking him to stand fast.

The prior has given me a spiritual charge, and I'll stand fast on it.

I expect policy will be to stand fast even in the face of assured disaster.

Borough officials decided they had no choice but to stand fast and fight.

There were no comers out here, however, so he stood fast.

They stood fast above me, and their laughter was ghastly.

She knew it was time to run, escape and save herself, but Monica stood fast.

To American ears, this did not sound too desperate, and so he ordered them to stand fast.

Four chaplains standing fast while the water rises around them.