Sentence examples for stand down was from inspiring English sources

An hour later, the announcement "Stand down" was heard, and another announcement, a bit later on, referred to a "minor incident, now completely under control".

The decision that Gazzaev should stand down was taken in July, when CSKA were in awful form and had slipped to ninth in the table.

To begin with Barry Sheerman, who had previously called for the prime minister to stand down, was being put up by the rebels.

The unanimous decision that it is time for Mr Zuma — who was replaced as party leader last month by Cyril Ramaphosa — to stand down was reached by the party's executive at a private meeting during a conference outside Pretoria.

When the order to stand down was issued shortly after 1 30 p.m., the shuttle's seven astronauts were already strapped into their seats, after a morning in which they had been sent off to the launching pad to thunderous applause from employees of the space agency.

When the order to stand down was issued shortly after 1 30 p.m., the Discovery's seven astronauts had already been strapped into their seats, after a morning in which they had been sent off to the launching pad to thunderous applause from NASA employees.

"Lonely May refuses to stand down," is its headline.

Stone tweets, "Libs thinking Assange will stand down are wishful thinking.

A diplomat in Sana'a said the focus was still on talks and that public calls to stand down were premature.

His decision to stand down is a brave one and we know he will not have reached it lightly.

Senior figures in No 10 confirmed that discussions on a timetable for the prime minister to stand down were under way.