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Discover LudwigThe phrase "had been stood" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is the past perfect tense of the verb "stand" and is used to indicate an action that started and was completed in the past. Example: "The sculpture had been stood in the park for over 100 years before it was finally moved to a museum."
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People had been stood and seen people die a few feet away.
I had been stood up by plenty of guys like that.
Although I still presumed that Hal was to be our director, in fact he had been stood down.
He and his wife, Ann Forbush, had been stood on the corner for an hour and a half.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed a controlled explosion had taken place but that officers had been stood down after the bag turned out not to have been a bomb.
Dalglish may have taken some comfort from reports yesterday that the assistant referee Dave Bryan had been stood down from the Blackburn match.
Similar(32)
I've been stood up, let down, messed around.
The world trade order has been stood on its ear.
"The three officers have been stood aside from operational duties".
That calculation has been stood on its head".
"Searches of the premises have been completed and all the incidents have been stood down.
More suggestions(18)
had been demonstrated
had been stopped
had been represented
had been supported
had been stationed
had been waited
had been parked
had been existed
had been stagnated
had been sat
had been defended
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had been support
had been sidelined
had been rebuilt
had been refused
had been stabbed
had been suffocated
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