Example sentences of "was down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Louisa arrived in time to hear this and to see , a moment later , the tears start to Frere 's eyes , then she was down beside the unconscious woman , holding her head . |
| 2 | Mr Anthony said : ‘ He really did not appreciate what was down below the bridge . ’ |
| 3 | The 13 p.c. advance in profits to £8m in the industrial division was down to the inclusion of Flexible Technologies , a manufacturer of hoses pipes and flexible ducting , acquired for £34m at the end of August last year . |
| 4 | When both worked , it was down to the skills of the two drivers and there seemed very little to distinguish them . |
| 5 | Everything was down to the last detail on this loco , including the small ladder which was originally attached to the ‘ A ’ end of the engine . |
| 6 | It was down to the practice ground in the gloom for Jack and myself but I managed to get a message to Sally to meet me an hour later than planned . |
| 7 | Definitions are difficult , but so far as the workstation market can be defined , Dataquest reckons that it gained only 4.2% in 1992 , following a 14.5% gain in 1991 , and suggests that the slowdown in revenue was down to the overall mix of workstations shipped shifting towards lower-priced systems , and to the poor economic climate in Japan , so that the market crept up to $9,000m . |
| 8 | six months was down to the two three pounds under the weight I was when I started . |
| 9 | Whether that was down to the powers that be I do n't know ; perhaps they were teaching me a lesson for daring to complain about where I was put . |
| 10 | Yes , after the morning paper it was down to the local market , er one hour with the butcher , a butcher , chappie named Welsh , two stall he had . |
| 11 | After all the mechanics were finished it was down to the chassis , bodywork and interior . |
| 12 | After her fifth or sixth toke she was down to the end of the joint and a couple of the dried seeds exploded like miniature fireworks , making her jump and then starting her off giggling . |
| 13 | Health Minister Brian Mawhinney , speaking at Stoke Mandeville Hospital he said the decision was down to the doctors . |
| 14 | GRAHAM Taylor was down to the bare bones today when only 14 of his England squad took part in his first Bisham training session before next week 's critical World Cup clash against Poland . |
| 15 | After a flypast of more modern military life it was down to the business of unveiling the plaque which commemorates the role of the Three Hundred and Ninetieth . |
| 16 | He explained the delay was down to the French court system being ‘ overburdened ’ . |
| 17 | actually if it was down to the |
| 18 | She said well it was down to the last two she said , I had a choice between a red and green cushion or a fitness test . |
| 19 | But in the country as a whole , the number of skiers was down for the third year running , and was no higher than 12 years ago ( see chart on next page ) . |
| 20 | Rab was down on the floor gathering his prescription . |
| 21 | Then he was down on the sidewalk , rolling into the shadows for cover and tugging his automatic from its shoulder holster at the same time . |
| 22 | Forty-five minutes after agreeing to write this I was down on the bridge at Abingdon watching the sun set across the Thames . |
| 23 | He was down on the shore , a shadow edged with silver light , combing the tide line . |
| 24 | When I came back here I was down on the ground , looking for gold , I could n't find it . |
| 25 | Ten minutes later I was down on the private beach . |
| 26 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
| 27 | But while levels of so-called special wastes outside chemical sites for 1992 was down on the 1990 total , the 231,800 tonnes figure for 1992 was higher than the 213,700 tonnes figure in 1991 , because company closures had led to high waste disposals . |
| 28 | Er , once the , the man was down on the floor er he placed his hands into the small of his back . |
| 29 | I told him that I was going to come forward er and handcuff him and then , then something along the lines of er not to move er and then once he was down on the floor , erm I holstered the weapon into my own holster . |
| 30 | Just before half-time City came back with a goal from Ian Baird it was well made and well taken … food for thought for the United defence and of course Smith who started off in the directors box but was down on the touchline after this incident in which David Penney charged into Junior Bent … |