Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] down on " in BNC.

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1 Boulders constantly swept down on either side of them .
2 A wall of water a thousand feet high smashed down on Nagarythe .
3 Syrian troops allegedly crack down on pro-Iraqi demonstrators in eastern Syria .
4 Although representatives from the USA , the Cairns Group and the EC initially welcomed the Swedish proposal , talks finally broke down on Dec. 7 after MacSharry claimed that the compromise proposal " was not a basis for negotiation " .
5 Do mothers with careers really look down on women who choose to be their children 's prime carer ?
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