Example sentences of "[been] [adv] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They receive a child who has been badly let down in the past , who has to learn , painfully , how to care and trust again . |
| 2 | Further , he suggested that the principle of the exemption of the civilian population from being an intentional object of warfare had been so whittled down during the Second World War and in post-1945 treaties as to cease to offer reliable guidance except in the most unambiguous circumstances . |
| 3 | When the earth had been finally pressed down round the tree roots , Peter Dawson had put his arm round his wife 's tiny waist and they had surveyed their handiwork with obvious satisfaction . |
| 4 | What is amazing , therefore , is that the agency that has the responsibility for this programme — Milton Keynes Development Corporation — has been largely wound down over the past few years and the remainder of it will cease to exist in 1992 . |
| 5 | Millions of mothers have been shamefully let down by the government which , 13 years ago under Margaret Thatcher , promised a nursery place for every child who wanted one . |
| 6 | Somehow , the aircraft had not been adequately lashed down on the low loader and as the lorry moved forward the Firefly rolled off its trestles on to the bed of the lorry damaging the undersides of the aircraft in the process , the aircraft was then reloaded and secured and thankfully the reset of the trip to Duxford was uneventful . |