Example sentences of "[vb past] down [conj] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subject to that obligation , the LTE was under a duty to exercise and perform its functions , in accordance with principles laid down or approved by the GLC , in such manner as , and with due regard to efficiency , economy and safety of operation , to provide or secure the provision of such public passenger transport services as best met the needs for the time being of Greater London ( section 5 ) . |
| 2 | The answer , I think , involves a partial refutation of the interactionist position : crimes do share an intrinsic quality — they involve the knowing transgression of rules laid down and enforced by the state . |
| 3 | It is perfectly conceivable that we can make some general statements about the conditions that influence our self-indulgence or self-restraint in relation to rules laid down and enforced by the state , particularly when the nature of those rules and the way they are enforced are included for consideration . |
| 4 | She rose from her chair at the little antique bureau which stood in the attic window space , bent down and fumbled for the catch of the secret drawer which she had found there . |
| 5 | A boy knocked down and killed by a car near Denton Burn , Newcastle , was named yesterday as Jonathon Kelly , 12 , of Southview , West Denton . |
| 6 | Although you might not meet an elephant on the Wilpattu jungle tracks , you know that they are there when you find a tree pulled down or bull-dozed across the road . |
| 7 | Jason looked down and fiddled with a pencil on his desk . |
| 8 | The frost continuing more and more severe , the Thames before London was still planted with booths in formal streets , all sorts of trades and shops furnished and full of commodities , even to a printing press , where the people and ladies took a fancy to have their names printed , and the day and year set down when printed on the Thames . |