Sentence examples for are being stood from inspiring English sources

In other cases, E.P.A. cleaners are being stood up, arriving with their high-performance vacuums at the ready, unable to get inside.

"If a big guy is being stood down for a provisional suspension, you just can't hide it".

The world as we've known it for the past 50 years is being stood on its head.

Testing sites had become overcrowded; models often had trouble getting out of work in time; hairdressers were being stood up.

Police Scotland, which declared the flooding a major incident, confirmed that rest centres in Aberdeen and other parts of Aberdeenshire were being stood down.

But now this wisdom is being stood on its head: though it may not be worth shipping cement from Mexico to Europe, know-how and investment can be swiftly poured into any market.

If a wave came and you were being stood upon with your feet pinned to the ground, you would very likely lose your shoes or your balance and fall".

Executives from 2Day FM conferred during the night and at 5.30am Australian time the radio station announced that the two DJs responsible for the hoax call which Ms Saldanha answered, Mel Greig and Michael Christian, were being stood aside.

Ten minutes later, I wonder if I'm being stood up.

Just when I thought I was being stood up, I spotted her walking towards me.

"Like people say there's been stand-offs with people that have hostages for hours … But here, they didn't even give I don't think five minutes.