Example sentences of "was [adv] [vb pp] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cause was eventually tracked down to a previously unknown bacterium , given the name Legionella pneumophila . |
| 2 | This was all washed down with a bottle of red wine . |
| 3 | But Peter Hickton was only slowed down for a moment . |
| 4 | She was being towed to the breakers when she began to take in water ( probably through the conning tower hatch which was only lashed down for the tow ) and sank . |
| 5 | Happily , the stories live on , such as the visiting sportsman who , when boasting about his prowess with the gun , was easily put down by a local crofter : ‘ Man , that is nothing . |
| 6 | I can not understand how you , who appreciate so much Russian writers of the Nineteenth Century , can combine this appreciation with a complete ignorance of the obshchestvennoe dvizhenie ( liberal movement ) that started in the time of Alexander I , was conspicuously present throughout the century ( despite absolutism ) , and was deliberately played down by the Leninists and Trotskyists for propaganda reasons . |
| 7 | Received opinion , based unduly on the word of sister Elisabeth , has it that Nietzsche began with the idea of a large book on Greek culture which , under Wagner 's influence and again its author 's real inclinations , was gradually whittled down to a book on Greek tragedy — and Wagner . |
| 8 | The contract was quickly sold down to a more sustainable 2600 level . |
| 9 | At last , with Greg 's help , they managed to get him on to a stretcher to which he was firmly secured with nylon strapping so that it was virtually impossible for him to move , then the stretcher was carefully lifted down from the jig and into the waiting ambulance . |
| 10 | Ore was also carted down from a hopper at Top Level , the track crossing the beck directly below the waterfall then winding around to connect with the Levers Water — Paddy End track . |
| 11 | The other humans said something , and the box was cautiously put down on the gravel a few feet from Masklin . |
| 12 | Despite the 1974–8 Kenya Development Plan stating ‘ there has been some counter productive harassment of these enterprises , which will be promptly ended ’ , in 1989 a complete informal vehicle maintenance site was abruptly closed down by the city government . |
| 13 | A top bunk was then pulled down from the ceiling , complete with ladder . |
| 14 | A woman ran from one of the houses on the northern bank and was almost knocked down by a clattering troop of Dragoons . |
| 15 | ( However , the Court concluded that this benefit was outweighed by the detriment of perpetuating excess capacity in a declining industry , and the agreement was therefore struck down under the ‘ tailpiece ’ which is appended to the gateways . ) |
| 16 | Sarah Murray was recently turned down for a catwalk show because her walk was n't suitable . |