Example sentences of "not be [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second is that many processes simply can not be shut down for the weekends . |
| 2 | It has taken a woman to remind us all that there are people out there who are determined that Northern Ireland will not be dragged down to the level of barbarity displayed by the terrorists . |
| 3 | Moving upwards , how could she not be dragged down by the truth about Daisy ? |
| 4 | The building of the Berlin Wall seemed to show that Germany 's division could not be broken down by the forceful anti-communist line which he favoured . |
| 5 | Fibre is a specialized form of complex carbohydrate , which can not be broken down by the normal human digestive system . |
| 6 | Fibre is the indigestible component of our diet , almost always derived from vegetable produce , and it is those components of the diet that can not be broken down by the digestive system which in turn pass into the large bowel and contribute to the bulk of faecal waste matter . |
| 7 | Because he lost sight of me quickly , he knew that I could not be going down to the river or turning left into the church : he had an uninterrupted view of both . |
| 8 | ‘ And the mortgagee having sworn he paid and expended above £120 in defending his mortgage at law , although he had but £60 costs allowed him there … shall not be held down to the taxation at law , but shall against the account be allowed all he laid out , or expended . |
| 9 | They 're the only people who can keep anything open out in the sand , and not be closed down by the gangcults . |