Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [vb pp] down over " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tiny creature who was muffled in a tunic with the collar upturned and with a scarf across her mouth and a forage cap whose peak was pulled down over her eyes . |
| 2 | politically , too , despite tensions over Berlin and the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 , the furore over the U2 incident when an American reconnaissance plane was shot down over the Soviet Union , and the shock of the Soviet lead in space exploration and technology , tensions between the two superpowers had not returned to the glacial levels of a decade earlier . |
| 3 | An American U2 reconnaissance plane was shot down over Russia and its pilot , Gary Powers , captured . |
| 4 | An Iranian airliner was shot down over the Gulf by a missile from a US cruiser in 1988 , killing 290 people . |
| 5 | A chauffeur 's peaked cap was pulled down over his high forehead . |
| 6 | The young , broad-shouldered man had the collar of his tattered grey overcoat pulled up around his ears and his cap was drawn down over his forehead . |
| 7 | His Hurricane was shot down over Kent during the Battle of |
| 8 | After the glue has been applied to both edges of each segment and they are assembled , the banding clamp is dropped down over the assembly and tightened until the joints close up tightly . |
| 9 | Pain was pulled down over his eyes like a fool 's hat . |
| 10 | He was wearing his big black coat and heavy boots , and his hat was pulled down over his ears . |