Example sentences of "down at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We find customers prefer to sit down at individual desks and discuss their requirements . ’ |
| 2 | Dyson sat pouting and rubbing his hands together , glaring down at various parts of the table . |
| 3 | Temperature can be controlled over the range 120 to 770 K , either isothermally or more normally by ramping up and down at various fixed rates . |
| 4 | SPURS boss Terry Venables looks down at controversial new skipper Neil Ruddock , sent off during Saturday 's 2-2 draw against Palace . |
| 5 | A special spinners ' mat was laid down at pre-tour net sessions at Lilleshall in an effort to prepare England 's batsmen for what they could expect to face on dusty Indian pitches . |
| 6 | The pound is down at one-dollar fifty-seven , and up at two-marks , forty-three . |
| 7 | The pound is down at one-dollar fifty-six , and down at two marks forty-one . |
| 8 | He touched down at Upper Heyford right on schedule at 1.55 a.m. local time , disturbing the sleep of the villagers beneath him as he made his final turn into the approach lights . |
| 9 | But for newcomers it is daunting to stand on the brink of Genghis Khan — one of the runs in China Bowl — and gaze down at unending acres of snow . |
| 10 | Every time his plane touched down at Nice airport and he saw palm trees and tanned porters in white , short-sleeved shirts , Adam enjoyed afresh the glamour of a life where one stepped on to a plane in bleak winter weather and shortly afterwards stepped off in warm sunshine . |
| 11 | And he knows his next clanger will trigger yet another repeat showing — as well as threatening the first-team place he has worked so hard to hold down at table-topping Blackburn . |
| 12 | There were problems with the warrant , and the Legal Attaché was going to be down at New Scotland Yard for the morning , and probably for the afternoon . |
| 13 | I mean if we could get that one down at New Drove what is it , twenty nine ? |
| 14 | Right it is a hundred miles from King 's Lynn to London , the train takes two hours to do the journey the train does not go at a constant speed , it speeds up sometimes and slows down at other times it also stops at stations on the way and on once of course as it , as it 's stopping it 's going more and more slowly and as it 's er moving off again it starts slowly and starts to go quickly but because it takes two hours in all the train goes a hundred miles in two hours we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour . |
| 15 | He was chased out over the Adriatic by fighters and was obliged to come down at Tatoi airport near Athens . |
| 16 | He ca n't come down at Kisangani airport because Gog is there with a lot of his guards . |
| 17 | British flags upside down at royal show |
| 18 | She is currently in the process of closing it down at considerable personal loss . |
| 19 | She sucked her teeth , took another ticket down at random , glanced at it , crumpled it and tossed it into the disposal by her left knee . |
| 20 | He pulled a book down at random , then another and another . |
| 21 | Thus tree rings are differentiated by the types , density and size of cell laid down at different times of the year ; varves by the gradation in particle size resulting from sedimentation of debris released into rivers and carried to lakes by the annual melt of glaciers ; and ice core layers by differences in dust content and acidity . |
| 22 | And Masklin , standing on a branch , climbing through leaves , peering down at little yellow eyes . |
| 23 | Fallen branches littered the rides and new growths of whippy little sapling twigs poked down at head-and-shoulder height to a horseman . |
| 24 | We can work with the class to create a story in which they all have a stake , slowing it down at particular moments , thereby creating strong dramatic tension , deepening understanding and also enabling us to value publicly the contribution of particular children . |
| 25 | Ellen had played Monday night , her individuals down at open then she played who 's what ? |
| 26 | " And let it be said , " Harry went on , " now we 're talking straight , that Miss Jennifer here can forget all the Romish ideas she was fed on down at Roscarrock Hall and start eating Protestant pie , which she 'll find suits a Cornish stomach a sight better than all that hocus-pocus-nomminy-domminy rubbish they peddle down at Holy Joe 's . |
| 27 | The boffins down at War-U-Like have invented a new toy ; a high-powered supa-dupa combat aircraft that can outfly and outblast anything in the air , and make a bigger noise doing it . |