Example sentences of "[verb] already [vb pp] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if Telecom could get planning permission for its Ballsbridge site ( although it is difficult to see anyone now wanting to get caught up in a possible planning scandal on top of what has already gone down ) the development costs are going to be huge . |
| 2 | Lobbying by pharmaceutical companies has already watered down a proposed directive which at first suggested forcing them to include detailed information on dosage and usage on advertisements . |
| 3 | Some peers , led by Baroness Thatcher , are keen for a referendum , which the Commons has already turned down . |
| 4 | What is clear is that if economic growth — which has already slowed down , particularly during the 1980s , in most of the industrial countries — continues to decline , while the claims of governments to legitimacy remain founded primarily upon their ability to promote such growth , then we can anticipate a period of increasing political instability and turbulence . |
| 5 | The New Zealanders continue to strive for new Everests in rugby achievement and their coach , Alex Wyllie , has already thrown down the gauntlet by stating : ‘ If we lose a single game we will consider the tour a failure . ’ |
| 6 | Colour Sergeant Skuse has already driven down to the Soviet Checkpoint , one kilometre away in East Germany , to warn the Russians that a British military convoy is expected to enter the city . |
| 7 | He has already laid down a marker by setting the fastest time in history during pre-season testing at the oval track in Phoenix , Arizona , where the next round of the Indycar series will be held on 4 April . |
| 8 | The Bank of Japan has already nudged down overnight rates ; if the spring pay round shows wage rises to be moderating , it could then cut the discount rate . |
| 9 | Perhaps he 'd already settled down under his blanket when Berowne arrived . |
| 10 | Bowe will be stripped of the WBC version of his title if he fails to agree to honour his contract for a defence against Lewis by January 2 — having already turned down what Lewis termed as a ‘ smack in the face ’ offer to fight him for $3 million . |
| 11 | Having already turned down Fields 's first licence application in December 1983 , Raymond Colegate , the CAA 's commercial director and the chairman of the licensing panel , was ‘ deeply sceptical ’ of Fields 's ability to get the project airborne . |
| 12 | In fact , he may have already turned down his opportunity for advancement . |
| 13 | We do not know precisely on what grounds , but it had already broken down by August 1093 , the date which had been fixed for the final settlement of differences between the kings of England and Scotland . |
| 14 | Of the 30 per cent of custodial parents who had remarried , one-third of the remarriages had already broken down . |
| 15 | We should not find it easy to go for a single currency if we had already moved down the federalist route in a dangerous way on foreign and defence policies . |
| 16 | The idea seemed to fit Lucy 's current expression , as though all hands had already gone down for the third time . |
| 17 | Slorne had already calmed down by the time Creggan and Minch had finished speaking and the following evening the Sweeper came and she was calm again . |
| 18 | The son of a Saxon clergyman turned schoolmaster , Boelcke was now twenty-five , had already shot down nine planes and was the youngest to win the ‘ Pour le Mérite ’ . |
| 19 | She had already started down the scree of debris in pursuit . |
| 20 | By the time I got there half the house had already burnt down . |
| 21 | Anne had already trimmed down to a reasonable weight with the help of Weight Watchers , and she pleaded for new ideas to strengthen her resolve . |
| 22 | ‘ Please yerself , ’ answered Tom , but before he could warn Zach about the waterlogged floor he had already leapt down inside . |
| 23 | Coffin turned his back to the pier , Peter and Nona had already disappeared down a flight of steps , and walked towards the road , where a line of police vehicles was drawn up . |
| 24 | To tradition and instinct , de Castelnau could add personal reasons for wanting to hit hard at the enemy ; three of his sons had already laid down their lives for France . |
| 25 | These may be very , likely some of the words that you 've already written down . |
| 26 | Although judging by the telex you 've already tracked down the plutonium . ’ |
| 27 | They 've already tracked down many of the people who stayed at the guest house over the past week . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've already paid down two-thirds for an artist 's cottage in Sausolito , a village across the other side of the Golden Gate bridge from San Francisco . |
| 29 | A federal court has ordered that this must be done by June 1st ; voters have already turned down one plan . |
| 30 | Well actually I live just outside Shilton. erm they keep saying that it 's Shilton airfield , actually it 's not on the airfield at all — as you will know , Mr. Hayworth 's got planning permission for a golf course on the airfield — it 's Scrubs Lane , Shilton , and actually they 've already the Council have already turned down two applications for caravan sites there anyway erm because it 's unsuitable and yet they think that they you know that it 's going to be suitable for gipsies to live down there . |