Example sentences of "[num ord] [verb] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I see nothing to celebrate , ’ said Charlotte Feaver , the first to sit down at the table despite what lay upon it . |
| 2 | The fermentation of organic matter by gut micro-orgamisms is mediated by a number of interdependent reactions in which complex polymers are first broken down to their constituent monomers by hydrolytic enzymes synthesised by the bacteria . |
| 3 | Forget the grinning drummer or the antics of the bass player ( the first to go down to stroppy retaliation ) , this band are a scorched earth antidote to faint hearts and floppy fringes . |
| 4 | These were first written down in draft form , then refined on input to the database . |
| 5 | The Slav Muslims also had their oral traditions , the most celebrated of their ballads being the Hasanaginica , which was first written down in the eighteenth century . |
| 6 | No oceanographer , when Balboa first strolled down to the gently lapping waters on the morning of that day , he had no reason to suppose that the ceremony — which would involve him standing ankle-deep in the water , the better to annex it — could not begin on schedule . |
| 7 | The opening episode of ‘ The Daleks ’ , ‘ The Dead Planet ’ premiers the use of Inlay in Doctor Who for one of the most historic shots in the programme 's history — the awesome moment when the Doctor , Ian , Barbara and Susan first look down at the glittering towers of the Dalek city , gleaming , some miles distant , in the rays of the setting sun . |
| 8 | I spent an afternoon in Sunderland with an old miner in his eighties , who was n't a club man or active in the union , with this lovely voice , talking about first going down as a trapper — he sat all day when he was thirteen by the trap doors which the paddy wagons carrying coal had to pass through , all day in the pitch dark . |
| 9 | Each cell wall is first laid down as a thick ridge . |
| 10 | Pricing criteria were first laid down in detail in the 1967 ( second ) White Paper — prices should be related to ( long-run ) marginal costs , without arbitrary cross-subsidization , but should be sufficient to cover full accounting costs including the opportunity cost of capital . |
| 11 | This principle , first laid down in Davies v. Sumner , a trade descriptions case ( see paragraph 16–07 , below ) , applies also under the Unfair Contract Terms Act , R. & B. Customs Brokers Co . |
| 12 | Will the Secretary of State explain how he was able to commission a review of teaching methods in a matter of a few weeks , although his minimum standards — first laid down in 1981 — were not met in the 10 years that the Government allowed themselves , and the current review will not now report until the autumn ? |
| 13 | It is important to realise that serious books of this kind , which form the backbone of the libraries and were first laid down by the Victorians , are most often those which are not taken out or ‘ issued ’ at all . |
| 14 | So when you first go down to the beach , no matter how brown your skin , you should treat it as if you were n't suntanned . |
| 15 | Born in Wingham on July 28 , 1931 , John Wesley Martin ( whose mother was related to 1890s Surrey and England fast bowler Tom Richardson ) first went down to Sydney at 15 , and saw Bradman and Barnes score 234 each against England in December 1946 . |
| 16 | Information on the necessary form of a component is first passed down from an assembly arrangement . |
| 17 | All new managers recognise that , before you even get a few decent players in your team , you must first nip down to Ratners and buy yourself a really flashy pair of cufflinks . |
| 18 | Du n no how Maggie first sat down with him . |
| 19 | It was from there , on 28 March 1941 , that she took her last walk down to the River Ouse and waded into the water . |
| 20 | In chapter 11 for nearly two years after labour problems , and crippled further by the Gulf war , America 's Eastern Air Lines at last closed down after 62 years in the air . |
| 21 | As they descended the stairs , Delaney paused , and took a last look down at her . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | We bore a letter of introduction from Werner Meyer to Puang Ranteallo , son of the late king — whom we at last tracked down in an astonishing arena . |
| 24 | He had barely a scratch upon him , he was hardly blown by comparison with these , and he stood off while they breathed , and at the last lighted down from his tired horse , to meet with the most valiant on equal terms . |
| 25 | ‘ What have you learned , Lili ? ’ asked my mother , at last sitting down with a cup of tea before her . |
| 26 | ‘ We 'll have one last gallop down to Lambs Dell and then up to home , what ? ’ he said , his pastoral vision of the Bagots already forgotten . |
| 27 | He staggered slowly towards the Monument and at last sat down opposite Jack 's stepfather with painful slowness . |