Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Foreign Office accommodation , with the possible exception of the Foreign Secretary 's residence , would be almost the same as that laid down in the competition . |
| 2 | I am unaware of any allegations of malpractice at the prison I visited , but it has often been claimed elsewhere that frauds are common among both staff and prisoners responsible for storing , weighing and distributing food , and that the actual consumption per prisoner can be up to 20 per cent below that laid down in the regulations . |
| 3 | It was enacted that the vill should not be required to pay the cost of service beyond the county boundary , that the equipment required of troops should not go beyond that laid down in the Statute of Winchester , and that service overseas should not be required as an obligation of tenure . |
| 4 | Some of them started to run towards the airport building , and a few knelt down on the wet tarmac . |
| 5 | Another came down near the Leprosy Hospital , St. Bartholomew 's , and pieces of wreckage from these two aircraft are still currently on display in the Malta War Museum . |
| 6 | Until the English clamped down on the custom my forefathers all used the prefix ‘ ap ’ in front of their names — the last king of South Wales , for instance , was Rhys ap Tewdwr . |
| 7 | A welcoming party of six walked down to the shore as the boating party disembarked not without difficulty ; Johnson , after his six or seven hours on the Atlantic , found the rocks ‘ irregularly broken , and a false step would have been very mischievous ’ . |
| 8 | The annual growth of world trade in 1991 slowed down for the third successive year , according to the annual report of the Director-General of GATT , issued on March 18 . |
| 9 | A MURDER trial was adjourned last night after one of the accused broke down in the witness box as she said her fellow defendant had suggested using shovels to bury a woman alive . |
| 10 | You had a bath , and some time around ten-thirty went down to the kitchen wearing your dressing-gown and slippers to make yourself a mug of Ovaltine . |
| 11 | Many experiments were done to decide who should have responsibility for controlling the sound ; but eventually it all came down to the engineers , assisted by meters and ( most important of all ) a keen musical sense . |
| 12 | It all came down to the last throw the lady who came second had three houses on Park Lane and Mayfair but I threw an 11 and sailed right past ! ’ |
| 13 | The King , the Queen and their lords and ladies all came down to the beach to wave goodbye . |
| 14 | Mrs Glews : Well first of all you heard the sirens go off and then you all went down to the shelter and you could hear the planes coming over . |
| 15 | They all went down to the park before hand cos nobody finished the . |
| 16 | One can only deduce that the Eurasian and African plates began driving together at this time , with the latter dragged down beneath the rising Alpine mountains . |
| 17 | Share his festive fare with your family , or treat them to Jill Goolden 's splendid New Year 's Eve party nibbles — all washed down with the best wines and cocktails . |
| 18 | Here you 'll find Frankfurt specialties such as Schäufelchen ( shoulder of pork ) , Kraut und Rippchen ( sauerkraut with spare ribs ) and Handkäs mit Musik ( cheese and onion ) , all washed down with the lethal local cider , Ebbelwei . |
| 19 | Had my earphones on , and we all sat down at the table . |
| 20 | Tessa first of all sat down on the edge of the bed , with her knees together , her feet crossed and slightly to one side , her back straight , and her cup and saucer at chest height , as she had learnt in Social Situation Training . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The oriental gazed down at the broken body of his defeated enemy . |
| 23 | And if national sentiment in the other , France , was initially a response to the threat from England , just as it was in Scotland , there was no doubt of France 's position by the end of the fifteenth century ; the dazzling army and glittering artillery train which Charles VIII led down through the length of Italy in 1494 — for no good reason other than that a young king , with a well-stuffed treasury , would naturally use his wealth to win military renown — symbolized in the most spectacular manner what this kingdom , so recently weakened by war and internal dissension , had now become . |
| 24 | The elder of the two leaned down from the saddle to clap him amiably on the shoulder , and said a word or two in his ear , before they trotted away along the Foregate towards the Horse Fair . |
| 25 | The elections were to be held in accordance with the 1989 Taif accord [ see p. 36986 ] , although the new electoral law approved on July 16 increased the number of deputies to be elected to 128 rather than the 108 laid down in the Taif accords [ see also amendment of election law pp. 38214 ; 38311 ] . |
| 26 | Matlock , who won the Trophy in 1975 , lost 1-0 at home to Stalybridge Celtic , but Celtic 's centre half Micky Kilduff had signed for the club only six days before the game , instead of the seven laid down in the rules , so the match has been awarded to Matlock . |
| 27 | So we both came down from the mountain . |
| 28 | Thankfully , they both dropped down into the lane . |
| 29 | I remarked , as we both ducked down into the trench . |
| 30 | They both pressed down on the pads . |