Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] down [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All utterances that were more than 10 words in length were broken down into clauses of less than 10 words thereby producing a total of 115 utterances with an average of 7.07 words and 26.56 phonemes per utterance . |
| 2 | Her words were written down by recorders , whom she sometimes exhorted to write faster to keep pace with her . |
| 3 | In the sacred grove your white mosque glimmered mystically and the creepers were bowed down with flowers . ’ |
| 4 | Reactors were closed down during gales |
| 5 | Fred 's generation were going down like flies . |
| 6 | Well I mean , they were handed down for generations . |
| 7 | Suggestions that the Kuwaitis know something no-one else does were played down by analysts , still desperately clinging to fading hopes of Lloyds Bank emerging with a rival offer next week . |
| 8 | ‘ Have you any notion who might have killed him , Inspector ? ’ said the Bishop , clearly feeling that , if matters were getting down to fundamentals , it was time he played a part . |
| 9 | In the UK all Iraqis were from Jan. 19 required to have visas to enter the country , and strict registration procedures were laid down for Iraqis who were in the UK on limited leave ; as of Jan. 29 , out of 101 Iraqis detained since the beginning of the year 42 ( together with seven Palestinians ) were currently in detention awaiting deportation , 21 had left or had been deported and three had been released ; 35 serving members of the Iraqi armed forces were being held in military custody . |
| 10 | In the early 1970s geological research highlighted the fact that lead ores carried distinctive isotope ratio signatures ' , depending upon the geological period when they were laid down as deposits . |
| 11 | Although clear guidelines were set down for teachers on the minimum time commitment and core content of each of the projects , the organisation and management of the projects were at the discretion of the teacher . |
| 12 | Such a statement is a far cry from the years immediately after independence , when many country houses were burnt down as symbols of British oppression . |
| 13 | Suitcases that had once been quite light now felt as if they were weighed down with stones . |
| 14 | Many legends naturally grew around this barren and ancient land and were passed down through generations . |
| 15 | Twenty-five years ago they were knocked down by bombs . |
| 16 | Although the gliders were left facing at right angles to the wind and were weighted down with tyres in the approved manner , when the first strong thermal went off nearby the wind would become gusty and change direction completely . |
| 17 | However it was broken down into sub-categories and these revealed non-completion rates of around 25% for those entering with ONC/OND or with no qualifications compared with a 15% non-completion rate for those with ‘ standard ’ qualifications . |
| 18 | Fenton was tracked down by police after leaving the vital clue at the third burglary . |
| 19 | But permission was turned down by councillors so officers have demanded any future breaches of conditions could result in officers taking action . |
| 20 | Rudolf Gunther , was shot down by fighters , this probably the ‘ Do215 ’ claimed jointly by Rippon , Pain and Ayre . |
| 21 | Off he went with Mort , beaming happily , so delighted to be flying again , and yes — you 've guessed it — Flt Lt Mort 's plane was shot down in flames and no-one got out . |
| 22 | Dredge was shot down in flames in Hurricane Z3057 on 6 May , only ten days after arriving on Malta ; he baled out , badly burned , and was probably the first victim claimed over the island by Ritterkreuzträger Oblt . |
| 23 | And all Mr Clinton 's supporters look nervous when reminded that California 's Proposition 166 , which tried to make firms pay for health-insurance for all their employees , was shot down in flames last November on the grounds that it would destroy jobs . |
| 24 | The rain was pouring down in torrents and visibility was poor . |
| 25 | And what happened er then when you when the family was going down like flies ? |
| 26 | The first reactor was closed down for repairs earlier this year after a gas leak . |
| 27 | The chairs upon which they sat or leaned were gilded or of shining chrome and glass ; bales of material were half unfurled to spill around more silk and satin ; jewellery was flung down in handfuls upon tables or simply on the ground . |
| 28 | For a shocked moment he thought Forster was carrying a man over his shoulder , then he saw what it was , and understood why Lawton was weighed down with cylinders . |
| 29 | Pretty much the same sort of shit was coming down at AMS , if we 'd gone looking for it , and of course it was happening all over town at well-known locations : St Mary 's , St Andrew 's , St Anne 's . |
| 30 | There was no shelter anywhere , and the rain was coming down in torrents , while the mist was rolling here and there in thick white clouds . |