Sentence examples for they were stood from inspiring English sources

But when the threat receded, they were stood down.

"I could reel in Rosberg and Massa at the end of the race like they were stood still but I could not overtake.

"You would look over to where they were stood in the middle of a game and you would crap your pants.

Dogs from the Trossachs Search and Rescue charity were brought in on Friday night to search the wreckage, but they were stood down at about 6am on Saturday morning.

Nick Zinner's guitar was a lo-fi and feral noise to accompany Karen's constant screeching reminder that it was, in fact Friday night (just in case anybody thought it was actually Wednesday afternoon and wondered why on earth they were stood in the desert watching a crazy lady in an Elvis suit try and swallow a microphone).

Four crews were involved in the operation and they were stood down shortly after 16:00.

They're stood in the middle of the Stoke fans' second pitch invasion.

That way they know where everybody is and there wouldn't be people complaining that they're stood all over".

"Initially they were stand-offish and didn't understand it.

The method proceeds by applying the aforementioned global descriptors on the detected patches, as if they were stand-alone images.

Twenty two of the listed facilities were not assessed as they were stand-alone laboratories or pharmacies that offered treatment for minor ailments and occasionally offered delivery services.