Sentence examples for things on standby from inspiring English sources

Do they leave things on standby?

"I found 15 things on standby!" she says.

I'm still very good at not leaving things on standby, which was our first pledge – though my husband Brian isn't!

If everyone made a small change – don't charge things overnight, switch off things on standby, wash on 30C – it could make a big difference".

When we're not doing anything – no appliances running and just a few things on standby – it works out at about 3p an hour.

"I'm quite obsessive about going around and not leaving things on standby," says Emma. "We try to do things like cooking all our vegetables in one pan to save energy.

(Warplanes were also in the vicinity, "on standby").

Hospitals and neighbouring ambulance services will be put on standby.

Another key thing has been trying to keep doors shut to keep heat in, and turning off things which are on standby.

"We now walk around every night checking that things aren't on standby or charging overnight," says Dariusz. "It's become a habit".

Updated at 11.41am BST 3.57pm BST The classic heating-pad-under-snake-cage problem Tim Dowling: I've spent a quiet hour looking through the house for things that are on standby, or just plain on, all the time: the heating pad under the snake cage, the washing machine, the printer, wifi box, wifi booster, Xbox, the DVD player, and of course, the TV.