Sentence examples for quit standing from inspiring English sources

Nigel Gardner, 17, recalls coming to the pool as a 10-year-old -- and ignoring the warning whistles of the guards who told him to quit hanging on the ropes dividing the lanes, quit standing on friends' shoulders, quit horsing around in general.

After putting in a decade as SNP leader, Mr Salmond decided to quit, standing down as an MSP and returning to Westminster.

"I have come too late, and soon I will quit," he said, standing in a crater he had dug, waist-deep in muddy water that was the color of chicken gravy.

"Will the Council lead the country by quitting coal and standing up to corporate polluters?

Mr. Bush decided to quit the long-standing practice of rewarding supporters with high-paying appointments to the companies' boards — "political plums," in Mr. Rove's words.

We fell in love with the southern states and their attitude to food and gatherings three years ago, when we quit our long-standing careers in London and embarked on a road trip across the US, eating at every barbecue joint we could afford.

Hutton, one of the government's leading Blairites and a genuine intellectual, announced he was quitting the government and standing down at the election.

In hindsight, I realize that in quitting that job, I was standing up for my values.

Johnny, the president of the Outlaws, said the club would buy huge floral pieces for each of the members' funerals: "We buy for all the club members that do get killed, or die, even if they're not in the club or if they were in good standing when they quit".

Johnny, the president of the Outlaws, said the club would buy huge floral pieces for each of the members' funerals: "We buy for all the club members that do get killed, or die, even if they're not in the club if they were in good standing when they quit".

The allegations led to Slipper standing aside and ultimately quitting from the role of presiding over the House of Representatives.