Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Nobly , you saved my life , and were struck down in the doing of it . |
2 | Well , at about half-seven he 'd gone into a restaurant in St Giles ‘ , Browns ; had a nice steak , with a bottle of red wine ; left at about half-nine — and was strolling down to The Randolph when he 'd met Mrs Sheila Williams , just outside the Taylorian , as she was making for the taxi-rank . |
3 | Lower bruised his left leg and was stood down for the rest of the afternoon by the course doctors . |
4 | He reckoned he had picked the wrong waves at the Hard Rock at Sunset , and was worn down by the sheer hard labour of surfing so long in such arduous conditions . |
5 | While so engaged an Italian transport aircraft , variously identified as a Caproni Ca310 or a Savoia S.81 , was intercepted and was shot down by the three Beaufighter pilots , Sqn.Ldr . |
6 | Payton , failed to return and was shot down by the A.A. defences at Hassani . |
7 | " I am going down , " she whispered , and before Maria Candida could stop her , had gathered her skirts and was running down to the hall . |
8 | Steve Warwick scored the second goal and was brought down in the area , enabling Alton to get their third in a 3–1 home win . |
9 | He had one fight in 1984 and was knocked down for the first time in his career . |
10 | Nottinghamshire originally sought a prohibited steps order to keep the perpetrator away from the family home , but was turned down by the High Court which said it had no option other than to make a residence order . |
11 | The cheapest , the Pocket Gem , worked well but was let down by the software . |