Sentence examples for were stood down from inspiring English sources

Last night, however, the riot police were stood down as the use of tear gas appeared to have backfired.

After the German surrender 10th Mountain were on stand-by to invade Japan but were stood down after the Japanese surrender.

All they did was talk to us, call us in and then we were stood down before anything started," Yelland told the Guardian.

"The three service provider staff were stood down and returned to Australia as part of standard procedures with the full knowledge and concurrence of the PNG police".

For the task six of his big guns from Sunday's victorious XI over Chelsea were stood down: Ederson, Kyle Walker, Sergio Agüero, Nicolas Otamendi, and David Silva.

At the same time five players —including State of Origin representatives Dave Taylor and the ever reliable Greg Bird— were stood down after being implicated in the coke scandal and they'll face court this week.

The team was stood down on safety grounds.

"The matter has now been stood down," a police statement said.

And is Britt Ekland about to be stood down as regional pantoland's go-to Wicked Queen?

He will be stood down from play until the process is complete".

Lodge has been stood down until the Club and NRL Integrity Unit receive all the facts".