Example sentences of "who be [vb pp] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | When my right hon. Friend visits the United Nations , will he raise the issue of the RAF aircrew who were shot down over the Gulf , some of whom came from west Norfolk ? |
| 2 | No stranger honeymooners could have gathered there than the gangs of parliament members — 67 of them — who were ferried down to the Bekaa in Syrian helicopters and armoured limousines , guarded by squads of bodyguards armed with anti-tank rockets . |
| 3 | Women who were knocked down later said they were punched and kicked by gardai . |
| 4 | Two thousand mourners have attended the funeral of two young sisters from Middlesbrough who were knocked down by a car which went out of control . |
| 5 | Hopper will probably agree that he — and the movie — were saved by Nicholson who was sent down by Rafelson as a trouble-shooter in the role of executive producer and ended up playing the third man , the part reserved for Rip Torn . |
| 6 | He turned out to be an elderly ex-colonel , who was tracked down to his retirement home in Surrey . |
| 7 | ‘ To say I am delighted is an understatement , ’ said Wallace , who was tracked down on a business trip to Moscow by a Garryowen club colleague . |
| 8 | Smith is charged with murdering security man Ron Letts who was run down trying to stop a stolen van leaving Harmon 's Contracts in Wolverton . |
| 9 | ‘ This honour is a marvellous way to finish off 1992 , ’ said Roy , 60 , who was struck down with cancer in March and given a one-in-10 chance of survival . |
| 10 | And that 's infuriated supporters of former Prime Minister Lady Thatcher who was turned down by the same people for an honorary degree after she 'd been at Ten Downing Street for five years . |
| 11 | Carlisle Crown Court was told that the fighter ace — who was shot down over Italy — was spotted by police while driving to see a sick friend . |
| 12 | Stockdale was a former Navy pilot who was shot down in Vietnam in 1965 and held prisoner for 2,714 days , during which time he suffered extensive maltreatment and torture . |
| 13 | Asked in interviews about his parents , Crawford tells the story of his RAF sergeant-pilot father who was shot down and killed during the Second World War , before his birth . |
| 14 | However , I prefer the useful filly BEEBOB , who was let down by her jumping last season but has apparently schooled much better recently . |
| 15 | They issued in , among many other reforms , the Education Act of 1918 , introduced by Lloyd George 's Minister of Education , H. A. L. Fisher ( who was knocked down and killed in the black-out in April 1940 ) . |
| 16 | The widow of a security guard who was knocked down and killed during a robbery has appealed for help to track down his killers . |
| 17 | A 72-year-old man who was knocked down in the north of the city yesterday by a stolen car was today stable in the Royal Victoria Hospital . |
| 18 | A PEDESTRIAN who was knocked down by a taxi earlier this month has died in hospital . |
| 19 | A pedestrian who was knocked down by a taxi earlier this month has died in hospital . |
| 20 | Tracy West , who was knocked down , was picked up by bystanders and taken to a nearby shop , where she was treated for shock before being taken to the Memorial Hospital . |
| 21 | Nineteen-year-old Tracy West , of Derwent Street , Darlington , who was knocked down by the car and suffered cuts and bruises . |