Sentence examples for we stood down from inspiring English sources
We stood down as a company.
When we stood down, there were 10,000 observers.
"We stood down," Mr. Chealander said, "and allowed them an opportunity to go in there and pay their respects.
"We stood down to avoid mutually-assured destruction," Jones said.
Until that happens, I would prefer, yes, that we stand down!
"We should never begin an operation without knowing how we stand down," said Joseph W. Ralston, a retired general who served as NATO commander and vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The departure of British troops from the Iraq folly, likely to be completed by June next year, is not even disguised by the policy of "as Iraqis stand up, we stand down".
While the mechanics of the drawdown were often argued over bitterly, among American commanders as much as among American politicians, the basic aim of handing the security of Iraq back to its own forces — "We stand down, they stand up" — has been unwavering since Gen. George W. Casey was the American commander in Baghdad from 2004 to 2007.
The ISF, despite the surge, and despite the [rhetoric from the Bush administration that] 'they'll stand up as we stand down,' couldn't fulfill their core requirement".
However, while to this point we have stood down, if this isn't resolved by the end of June, we are prepared to respond vigorously to UNITE HERE's recent hostile actions and defend our union.
