Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [verb] [verb] down [art] " in BNC.

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1 It seems rather strange that the accuracy for navigating/surveying now , by state of the art technology , is of the same order as has been used to set down the Circles of Time several thousand years ago .
2 Its " root " system has been found to extend down the face of a cliff 12m ( 40ft ) , and breaking the rhizomes stimulates buds on the remainder to sprout and produce more growth and spores .
3 Two miners had been instructed to bring down an unsafe part of the roof which presented a danger to the miners .
4 Fewer birds are involved than in spring , but up to 75 have been seen passing down the Channel in a day , and once 200 ( 19 November 1972 , Selsey Bill ) .
5 Since the introduction of the laser more operations have been performed bringing down the surgery waiting list . ’
6 They are preparing a new bid but meanwhile homeless men are already being turned away as staff have been told to run down the unit ready for closure on March 31 .
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