Example sentences of "down [conj] [vb pp] by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a politician and a financier , well-known in his time ; but we remember him today because on the 15th of September 1830 , at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway , he became the first person to be run down and killed by a train ( that 's what he became , was turned into ) . |
| 2 | A boy knocked down and killed by a car near Denton Burn , Newcastle , was named yesterday as Jonathon Kelly , 12 , of Southview , West Denton . |
| 3 | The pivotal notion of Spandau prison being pulled down and replaced by a supermarket was one which greatly excited Brenton , signifying at a stroke both Western Europe 's descent into cynical consumerism and the wiping out of history . |
| 4 | At the same time Gwalia House was closed down and replaced by a quaint shop in the historic market town of Shrewsbury . |
| 5 | He was knocked down and injured by a horse when the rider lost control while riding too fast . |