Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] down by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Homoeopathy can be very satisfying if you do not get worried or weighed down by the ‘ burden ’ of finding a remedy . |
| 2 | I was determined it was at the burn that came down by the distillery at the edge of the town . |
| 3 | In such a universe , in which the expansion was accelerated by a cosmological constant rather than slowed down by the gravitational attraction of matter , there would be enough time for light to travel from one region to another in the early universe . |
| 4 | Then he went quiet and knelt down by the redhead . |
| 5 | Marie squints like she 's hurt herself and squats down by the chair . |
| 6 | The five ancestors are generally regarded as the sole survivors of the Shaolin temple after it was sacked and burned down by the Ching emperor 's army . |
| 7 | Application 02/91/0180 for a residential development on this land was made by the Land and Properties Sub-Committee , and turned down by the Planning Committee on 4th April 1991 . |
| 8 | She eased herself out of the lounger and plopped down by the edge of the swimming-pool and plunged her aching foot , bandage and all , into the cool water . |
| 9 | He had his back to me , so I just sneaked in and hid down by the side of the dresser . |
| 10 | With the slaughter of the king , the English turned and ran , pursued and hunted down by the knights . |
| 11 | After Muir of Ord JTR got off the train at Conon Station as did I , and walked down by the river to sketch from the Telford bridge of 1809 now replaced by a modern version built in 1969 . |
| 12 | He was sick of the sound of keys and worn down by the slicing pain . |
| 13 | I reach the lower patio where the garden furniture stands by the side of the tarpaulin-covered pool and crouch down by the ghostly perforated shape of the cast-iron bench . |
| 14 | The sentences may be written on the blackboard and copied down by the learners . |
| 15 | Waiting and watching down by the shops — |
| 16 | As the survivors are air-lifted to safety by helicopter , the badly wounded Elias is seen being pursued and shot down by the North Vietnamese , his outstretched arms at the moment of death consciously evoking the Crucifixion . |
| 17 | I sit there going ‘ Mmm' ’ and ‘ Mmm ? '' at appropriate moments and greedily noting your every twitch and shudder down by the pool . |
| 18 | Vigo did n't press him but poured a glass of Manzanilla for himself and sat down by the window . |
| 19 | I stumbled away from the caravans and sat down by the hedge to wait for Tumbleweed . |
| 20 | He sighed with relief , and sat down by the bed to keep watch . |
| 21 | Jed took off his hat and sat down by the fire . |
| 22 | They went in and sat down by the fire . |
| 23 | The publisher who suffers an adverse judgment is not the only victim : the decision echoes down the corridors of the common law , until shouted down by the European Court or the British Parliament . |
| 24 | There was a schoolboy excitement about it , but weighed down by the heavy , weird atmosphere of the frozen Gulf . |
| 25 | Whether struck down by the Lord 's retribution or by his failure in Italy or by the neglect of his sponsor the Emperor , the ninth Pope Leo , Bruno de Nordgau , died in April in the city of Rome , far from his beloved Toul and the Vosges of his family . |
| 26 | In the case of breed classes , every entrant is judged not against the other dogs in that class , but rather against the prescribed ‘ ideal ’ for the breed concerned , as laid down by the governing canine authority . |
| 27 | He was confident that search consultants stuck to their rules of good conduct and professional service without the need for the kind of official regulation in force in the USA , as laid down by the Association of Executive Search Consultants , ( formerly the Association of Executive Recruitment Consultants ) . |
| 28 | The Poor Law was the most comprehensive official source for the relief of poverty , administered in England and Wales as laid down by the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 and a succession of later amendments , in Scotland and Ireland according to different statutes and rather different principles . |
| 29 | Sequential notes follow the pattern as laid down by the lecturer or speaker , or record the pattern of thought of the author whose book you are making notes from . |
| 30 | He asked him whether the bus specification , as laid down by the disabled persons transport advisory committee , would be a requirement in the disposal programme and whether the bus companies that tender will need to give the Minister an answer . |