Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , part of that under-reporting comes down to the fear of victimisation . |
| 2 | My eyes shut , I could see that napkin fluttering down through the mushroom cloud . |
| 3 | Shortly after this point the road becomes little more than a bridle path or cart track which , however , provides an intriguing pass-walk of about 4 hours duration over the Pragel Pass to Richisau 's alpine pasture leading down to the beautiful Klontal valley in the canton of Glarus . |
| 4 | The tall soldier smiled down at him . |
| 5 | In division by 10 each figure moves down in place value while the decimal point stays in place . |
| 6 | The functional association of two domains can then be interpreted through a hierarchical search extending down from the initial checking for the intersection of geometric domains , through an entity or edge condition check , into that for the relationships of the sub-surfaces contained within the spatial intersection . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've seen 'em , Gloria , with that Biddy crone down by the warehouses ! |
| 8 | So it became the first PGA Tour venue to lose a tournament because it does n't conform to the anti-discrimination rule laid down by the United States PGA . |
| 9 | In the morning , I slept through the pigeons , but around 8.30 a loud banging started down in the nave like they might have been building a scaffold or something . |
| 10 | Great shafts of white after-rain light poured down from the edges of the clouds and soon the sun shone alone in a patch of blue , a weakening autumn sun . |
| 11 | THE Government was last night presented with a challenge to act speedily on its declared intention to crack down on knife carrying in Scotland . |
| 12 | Expectations were that it would not be possible to bring forward legislation until the next session of parliament but Mr McFall is hoping that his bill will provide the Government with an earlier opportunity to act and prove ministers are serious about their declared intention to crack down on crime . |
| 13 | The Titford girls were on the east side of the street , on the right-hand side going down from Badcox . |
| 14 | The dark , lazy appraisal moved down over the jut of her breasts beneath the soft material , and she shivered involuntarily , despite the warm night . |
| 15 | On others she watched a thick brown snake dive down between her legs . |
| 16 | Some geezer got down into the tunnels and found his way out . ’ |
| 17 | By 1737 he had begun to acquire over 200 acres of what was regarded as desolate heath-land sloping down to the River Mole near Cobham in Surrey , and he turned it into an ornamental park , Painshill Park . |
| 18 | The entire high squadron went down with the exception of the leader . |
| 19 | Isabel stared back , trying not to let her flimsy hope show in her eyes as Matilda 's appraising look swept down to her feet and back again . |
| 20 | My talk with Quintin had more content since he said that if another peer came down from the Upper House he would withdraw from public life whether he was in the Upper or Lower House . |
| 21 | He continued : " This experience boils down to one point : we must integrate the fundamental principles of Marxism with the concrete realities of the Chinese revolution and national development and keep to our own road . " |
| 22 | At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site . |
| 23 | French Professor stands down from British transplant centre |
| 24 | P.U.M.P. : ‘ Barabajagal ( Love Is Hot ) ’ ( Ultimate ) out of the ashes of the Junior Manson Slags arrives Aqua Marina , with her Purple Under Melted Pink getting down on the dancefloor with a hot and sultry Donovan song . |
| 25 | This core of lava may continue to flow for a long while , but when the supply of fresh lava slows down at source , there will not be enough coming through to fill the whole volume of the core , so an empty space will be left , and this will form a long tube or tunnel running along the centre of the flow , sometimes for many kilometres . |
| 26 | ‘ And there 's this weight pushing down on my face , choking me , choking the breath out of me … |
| 27 | And then the moment when the cupboard door opened and he looked up in terror at the German soldier staring down at him . |
| 28 | It was a programme about the ( then ) proposed orbital cities , and even boasted an interview with a very youthful Ewan Famber , who had just passed out from the Tech-Green High College weighed down with honours and acclamations . |
| 29 | Luck , however , was not there when the bridal car broke down on its way to collect the bride . |
| 30 | FORMER England batsman Bill Athey has had his request for cricket 's equivalent of a free transfer turned down by the Test and County Cricket Board . |