Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] down on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With an intensity comparable to the devastating bombardment of February 21st , the heavy German shells rained down on a French division of mediocre calibre , the 67th , whose experience of this kind of thing had so far been limited to second-hand accounts from across the river . |
| 2 | Then the heavy cloud began to break up and the pearly rays of the morning sun beamed down on a spume-streaked sea that glistened in shades of emerald and jade . |
| 3 | Julia sat down on a hard chair beside the child . |
| 4 | As compensation for Polly 's keeping the house , Preston had received the sum of twenty thousand pounds to put down on a small flat . |
| 5 | Martha sat down on a rough wood bench in the yard and pulled off one shoe to show her grandmother her sore toes . |
| 6 | ‘ But the crucial thing is to see that budget deficit coming down on a medium term basis convincingly . |
| 7 | Kāli sat down on a flat stone , sighing with relief . |
| 8 | The girls sat down on a large pew-looking bench in the alcove and laughed at Billy who was standing with his back to the blazing logs doing his knee bending policeman act . |
| 9 | Both men were expelled ‘ for gross political mistakes in tackling social tension , especially the events of November 17 , 1989 ’ , when police clamped down on a pro-democracy demonstration . |
| 10 | Benjamin sat down on a small bench near the pool and watched the silver , darting carp who swam in dashes of light amongst the water grass and luxuriant lily pads . |
| 11 | The Doctor sat down on a nearby rock . |
| 12 | Satisfying himself that he was absolutely alone , Yanto sat down on a handy clump of grass and removed his boots , which together with the two rabbits , he placed under a nearby blackthorn bush . |
| 13 | There is an accepted tariff of damages for personal injuries laid down on a case-to-case basis by judges . |
| 14 | Sally-Anne sat down on a wooden bench , the trug at her feet , and drowsed a little in the sun . |
| 15 | A flying wheel knocked the crucifix over , and chunks of wreckage rained down on a fifty-foot circle . |
| 16 | John Walford 's fate spoke powerfully of life 's arbitrary horror , and of destruction brought down on a good and generous man who had done a terrible thing , but ‘ without fore-intending it ’ . |