Example sentences of "[vb past] down [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After they realised that the warriors did not care if they stayed in the saddle or not , Yuan , Alexei and the others got down as well . |
| 2 | Naturally both sides got down and our men started swearing at the Germans , when all at once a brave German got on to his parapet and shouted ‘ We are very sorry about that ; we hope no one was hurt . |
| 3 | I got on the buses at Trafalgar Square , it took me to the other end and brought me back again , and I got down and got on another one . |
| 4 | The horse came to a stop before the porch , and the old servant got down and lugged her portmanteau out of the boot . |
| 5 | They got down and looked at him . |
| 6 | Dickinson got down and held back the prickly branches while Killion blundered out , his lips triphammering away at the opening consonants of all the swear-words he knew . |
| 7 | Toby ran to the sobbing boy and took the flannel , and as he did so a naked razor blade fluttered down and tinkled on to the floor . |
| 8 | I had spent four hours catching nothing and he simply swooped down and lifted a trout of at least 2lb from under my nose . |
| 9 | Then , with the fluidity usually only displayed by cartoon characters , she swooped down and around her daughter ; her arms cradled each shoulder and her face slid down next to Maisie 's . |
| 10 | Then he swooped down and landed on a road near Varadero Beach , right in the middle of evening rush-hour traffic . |
| 11 | Don Mini gave a signal and in five seconds Swan swooped down and landed on the tree . |
| 12 | She swooped down and trailed her fingertips along the surface . |
| 13 | To her shock and horror his head swooped down and as his mouth claimed hers so impassionately a flash of hope surged in her heart like a spear of lightning out of a blackened sky . |
| 14 | We , we , we , we threw , we threw it out into the garden and these birds swooped down and they could n't take off ! |
| 15 | But one of the most significant developments in inter-union relations was the ‘ Bridlington Agreement ’ passed at the TUC Congress in 1939 , which laid down that no union should attempt to organize workers at any industrial establishment where another union was already represented and negotiated on behalf of the majority of the workers . |
| 16 | Article II laid down that if Queen Anne failed to leave an heir the succession should pass to a relatively distant claimant , ‘ the most excellent Princess Sophia , electress and duchess dowager of Hanover , and the heirs of her body being protestants ’ . |
| 17 | The Northern Ireland ( Emergency Provisions ) Act laid down that a person arrested on suspicion could be held without further formality for up to twenty-one days . |
| 18 | The Alberta liquor laws laid down that no minors might drink , but it was not difficult to obtain beer or liquor , and he had often drunk himself silly . |
| 19 | The system is being introduced in response to the Government 's Citizens ' Charter which laid down that every resident with a problem about a particular public service should have access to a well publicised complaints procedure . |
| 20 | The statute laid down that measures ‘ for the estate of the king and his heirs and for the estate of the realm and people should be granted only by the king in parliament , the implication being no doubt that such measures should not be forced upon the king by his subjects or drawn up by non-parliamentary assemblies . |
| 21 | The clauses under which Edward renounced his claim to the French throne and John renounced sovereignty over Aquitaine were excised from the treaty and embodied in a separate document which laid down that the renunciations were to be carried out no later than 1 November 1361 , and were to be conditional upon the transfers of territory agreed in the treaty being implemented by June 1361 . |
| 22 | The reform of the legal system ( 1864 ) was explicitly modelled on advanced western practice , and laid down that the law was to be overseen by an independent judiciary . |
| 23 | Although the rules laid down that he could not directly intervene he hissed at the hen who dutifully shrieked out a loud distress call . |
| 24 | As detailed on May 2 , the measures gave the government the technical right to dismiss strikers in these sectors and laid down that strikes in non-essential services had to be approved by an assembly of at least one-third of union members concerned , while in essential services strikes had to be announced 48 hours in advance and a minimum level of service ensured . |
| 25 | It also laid down that Belau 's laws and any communications or relations with other countries , organizations or US agencies should be subject to approval by the US Department of the Interior . |
| 26 | A four-point agreement laid down that borders could be changed only by democratic and legal procedures , and that the democratically expressed will of nations and republics to self-determination including secession and association should be respected . |
| 27 | For the CNAA itself there was also the problem of the transitional situation in which the new BEd degree would run in parallel with the existing certificate courses , and the Committee laid down that ‘ the new BEd must be established as an award of degree standard , distinct from the Certificate course which it is intended to replace ’ . |
| 28 | His Lambeth Constitutions of 1281 laid down that the priest should instruct the people in the basics of the faith and preach at least four time a year in English . |
| 29 | On the other hand , as Lord Salmon observed in United Scientific Holdings Ltd v Burnley BC [ 1978 ] AC 904 : I would add that a well-advised landlord is hardly likely to agree to rent revision clause which laid down that its provisions as to time were of the essence of the contract . |
| 30 | It was one of the conditions the Colonel laid down if he was to remain in hospital . ’ |