Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [verb] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If anyone thinks my language exaggerated or highly coloured — and such there might well be , considering that no one here under pensionable age can have any recollection of a world without rent restriction or subsidised rents — let him recall another upas tree which we only managed to cut down in the nick of time ten years ago . |
| 2 | The Joint Commission soon became bogged down in renewed argument over the eligibility of various groups for consultation , with the Russians reiterating refusal to consult rightists currently denouncing the Soviet Union vehemently and demonstrating noisily in Seoul . |
| 3 | The vehicle shot forward , and as it did so the first rocks from above came hurtling down onto the track just behind us . |
| 4 | He somehow managed to pound down to Kouklia on Chennaa , half by night and half by blazing day , and crossing the island was able to see for himself that it had been a more settled and prosperous year . |
| 5 | So we just had to pop down to the Castle in Chiddingstone for a pint or two . |
| 6 | My brother-in-law the councillor said nothing , just stood looking down at her ; and in his eyes was just the right mixture of kindliness and a sort of authority ; and something else — a twinkle , a you-and-me-having-a-little-joke-together look . |
| 7 | He just stood looking down at her for a moment , his eyes still pleading , and then abruptly he turned and picked up the tray and carried it into the kitchen for her . |
| 8 | She always seemed to look down on children . |
| 9 | He still liked to come down for meals but often could n't last out and would leave his food and return . |
| 10 | The family Rover also became bogged down on the beach road and his brother Anwar suffered a heart attack after spending a night on the open beach . |
| 11 | According to the book of legends you have just shown us , Arthur came here to drink from the Grail , whilst one of his knights , Sir Bedivere , reputedly took Excalibur down to Narepool which is only three miles from Glastonbury . |
| 12 | The affair then became bogged down in argument and procedural wrangles before the European Court of Justice . |
| 13 | Say you got me to Ireland and dropped me off , then got shot down by a British night-fighter off the French coast on your way back . |
| 14 | ‘ Because I was injured in my first game for Villa and then kept breaking down in training , I never had the chance to get sharp and readjust to the speed of the English game . |
| 15 | ‘ Because I was injured in my first game for Villa and then kept breaking down in training , I never had the chance to get sharp and readjust to the speed of the English game . |
| 16 | The opposition to Raybestos then appeared to die down for the following year , only to return with a vengeance in 1980 . |
| 17 | The result was that the Government virtually had to climb down over its much heralded claim that it was offering the miners a significant increase in pay . |
| 18 | Dosh — I was pretty sure it was Dosh — and I danced some and she finished off the Kümmel , which meant we then had to sit down for a while near the window , where some scatter cushions had been laid . |
| 19 | The man then had to drop down on deck and arrange the boxes more carefully . |
| 20 | The sitting room was dark , and the fire that had blazed earlier had died down to grey-ashed coals . |
| 21 | Oh God ! ’ he was yelling aloud now as he stumbled back towards Martin and then stood looking down at him . |
| 22 | After taking my blood pressure and temperature , they took turns to poke , prod and press , then stood gazing down at me with puzzled wonder . |
| 23 | Rory had always thought of Hamish as a sort of ponderously eccentric fool , and Ken a kind of failure because he had so much wanted to travel , and instead had settled down with Mary , stayed in the same wee corner of the world as he 'd been born and raised in , and not only raised his own children , but chosen to teach others ' , too . |
| 24 | Our UK customers first began to look shaky and soon afterwards began to shut down at an alarming rate . |
| 25 | The rain certainly did come down during the night , it was so loud on the window the noise made it difficult to sleep . |
| 26 | At the time , the idea of a strong exclusive relationship was something that I did not actually want and I do n't think that even consciously at that time , I would have sought to have had that kind of relationship with David who was considerably younger than me and also , even though I was deeply into the whole scene and everything it represented , I do n't think I actually wanted to settle down with somebody who was a musician and was leading that sort of life style . |