Example sentences of "the [adj] [verb] down [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a supposedly general-purpose chip , he said , the 80860 falls down on programmability , no thought seemingly having been given to the compiler and operating environment . |
| 2 | The flight 's delayed but only slightly ; I change at Gatwick in breezy sunshine and the 146 touches down on Jersey in relatively balmy conditions . |
| 3 | The latter flows down towards Standish itself , where it formerly provided the power for two corn mills in fairly close proximity to one another . |
| 4 | I see now the relentless laying down of guilt , and I feel a faint surprise that I must interpret it that way . |
| 5 | Respectable England did not have the stomach for such a drastic curtailment of civil liberties , however , and although fearful of how to absorb the most noxious criminal elements back into society without the option of packing them off to the colonies , the deliberations of the mid-1850s bogged down in suggestions for more effective surveillance of ‘ ticket-of-leave ’ men , together with some wishful thinking about reviving transportation in some form or another . |
| 6 | The first helicopter left Safe Supporter shortly after 2pm with 19 people on board and the last touched down at Aberdeen airport just after 8.30pm . |