Example sentences of "be [vb pp] down [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gaslight had been turned down low but he could make out Rachel standing at the foot of his bed in her dressing-gown . |
| 2 | Most of them used local girls , but I decided to go to the famous state-run Eros Centre in Hamburg , which I 've since heard has been closed down due to the AIDS scare . |
| 3 | Victor concentrated ; asked for the lamp to be turned down low . |
| 4 | Flake or pellets can be ground down fine enough even for a dwarf cichlids using a coffee grinder . |
| 5 | Slightly overfill so that the surface can be rubbed down smooth once the filler has set . |
| 6 | Yet at other points the problem is rather the hijacking of the original message , as in the phenomenal lines : ‘ If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today/ He 'd be gunned down cold by the CIA/ Oh the lights that now burn brightest behind stained glass/ Will cast the darkest shadows upon the human heart/ But God did n't build himself that throne/ God does n't live in Israel or Rome/ God does n't belong to the ‘ yankee dollar ’ / God does n't plant the bombs for Hezbollah ’ . |
| 7 | Then sand is brushed over them , and they are vibrated down level with the edging . |
| 8 | During those final weeks , cameraman Gunnar Fischer and Patrick McGoohan were struck down ill . |
| 9 | They were escorted down long corridors — cooled by fans , for the weather was still very warm-by a senior aide , who was French , and by his aide , who was Algerian . |
| 10 | The base , a tent camp which is operated by Adventure Network International , is in the process of being run down ready to close down for the Antarctic winter . |
| 11 | We were led down black-and-white-tiled corridors , through a series of presence chambers , all huge and hung with tapestries which Wolsey had brought from abroad . |
| 12 | The rabbit is thrown down white belly upwards to make it more visible during collection later . |
| 13 | It would be surprising if Tolkien had not looked at the calm face of Tollund Man , or the hideously frightened one of ‘ Queen Gunhild ’ ( all too obviously still struggling as she was pinned down alive ) , and reflected that these were the true lineaments of his pagan ancestors . |
| 14 | Prayers were said , water was poured down parched throats , dates were devoured and the first Ramadan feast began . |