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Free sign upThe phrase "are stood in a" is not correct in written English
It does not make sense in a sentence. To make it correct, you can use the phrase "are standing in a" instead. For example: The students are standing in a line waiting for instructions.
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Churchill, May and Turing are stood in a corner, stage right, conversing.
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It's like being stood in a slightly brown stream, and not much higher than your ankles," he says.
He was stood in a damp, chilly warehouse near Hackney, the storeroom of Greenpeace International's London headquarters.
"I'd shot my last scene as Condi, then days later I'm stood in a different Oval Office playing the president's daughter.
Ten cabinet ministers were stood in a line in front of a row of newly-unveiled posters when the accident happened.
"I want to make friends but I don't want to be stood in a really loud room with music banging".
For a start it's the context; it's nearly 30C outside, and we're stood in a slightly shabby industrial building full of instantly familiar Christmas imagery.
"It gives him something to do, keeps him active, and gives him a second life rather than being stood in a field.
Jordan looks like him, doesn't he? Doesn't he. 3 The club owner is stood in a large Maplins at 5.30pm.
Pool parties are usually very busy affairs because most of us have rightly or wrongly decided that being stood in a pool is instantly more fun than not being stood in a pool, so if there's any chance of having even half a little toe in the water, we'll jostle, shove, and barge to make it happen.
All I had to do was stand in a studio in front of a green screen.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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