Sentence examples for be stood on from inspiring English sources

They are big enough to be stood on the floor and withstand being knocked over.

The suggestion that the EU is somehow responsible for a revival of nationalism should be stood on its head.

Underwood, who wrote three books with Williams, said, "Those aren't the words of someone who wanted to be stood on his head, inverted in ice".

And if he then won in New Hampshire, the entire election might be stood on its head; the large black vote in South Carolina might, for instance, radically reassess his electability.It has happened before.

She said afterwards: "If someone had told me four years ago that I would be stood on a podium twice with two silver medals I would have said there is no way.

Instead the process will be stood on its head.

He's stood on one leg waiting for the cameraman's cue.

The world trade order has been stood on its ear.

That calculation has been stood on its head".

The situation has, happily, been stood on its head.

That's why we're stood on this stage after 15 years.