Example sentences of "[verb] down on a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an accepted tariff of damages for personal injuries laid down on a case-to-case basis by judges . |
| 2 | Then the heavy cloud began to break up and the pearly rays of the morning sun beamed down on a spume-streaked sea that glistened in shades of emerald and jade . |
| 3 | Kneeling down on a soft surface , the patient may practise trunk movements using the gymnastic ball to support his arms and shoulders , while the physiotherapist controls the balance of his pelvis . |
| 4 | And Clough has also cracked down on a similar plea from right back Brian Laws . |
| 5 | From a height of 90 metres one looks down on an emerging pattern of roads , lakes and gardens , which will shortly be lined with pavilions from over a hundred countries . |
| 6 | The hammer finally slammed down on an empty chamber . |
| 7 | If standard steps are followed on each occasion , it should be easier to prevent mistakes occurring and ensure that the terms are incorporated into all contracts ; in addition , if the normal procedures do break down on a particular occasion , it may be possible to rely on the previous course of dealing . |
| 8 | None came and still under the drug 's influence at dawn , he found himself looking out from the top of a forty-foot tree — he had no memory of climbing it — and looking down on a vast meadow , flecked with patterns of multi-coloured light and rocks which turned into horses , all of which filled him with ‘ tremendous emotions ’ . |
| 9 | Two czarist officers , bulky in their comic-opera uniforms , solemnly played Russian roulette , each downing a drink every time the firing pin of their revolver came down on an empty chamber . |
| 10 | ‘ To be honest , no really well-founded scheme has ever been turned down on a financial basis . |
| 11 | well either two or four times er turned down on a long handle for pouring things er out of the , I mean like , when I used |
| 12 | ‘ Let's stay here tonight , Angel , ’ said Tess , lying down on a flat stone which was still warm from the day 's sunshine . |
| 13 | ‘ In the morning they found him dead , face down on a bare spot , not far from the town . |
| 14 | At the agreed hour I reported to the Endoscopy Unit of the London Clinic , was shown into a small room , told to undress and put on a blue shift , then lie down on a mobile bed . |
| 15 | Ken meanwhile was beginning to look down on a great deal of what he had been asked to do professionally . |
| 16 | An article in the February/March 1992 issue describes the technique of ‘ breadboarding ’ where all components are assembled and screwed down on a thick board and straight lines around the board . |
| 17 | A flying wheel knocked the crucifix over , and chunks of wreckage rained down on a fifty-foot circle . |
| 18 | With an intensity comparable to the devastating bombardment of February 21st , the heavy German shells rained down on a French division of mediocre calibre , the 67th , whose experience of this kind of thing had so far been limited to second-hand accounts from across the river . |
| 19 | ‘ When , one month after German monetary union , East Germany 's state run economy showed signs of breaking down on a massive scale , Chancellor Kohl … called in the top bankers of the land . |
| 20 | As compensation for Polly 's keeping the house , Preston had received the sum of twenty thousand pounds to put down on a small flat . |
| 21 | ‘ But the crucial thing is to see that budget deficit coming down on a medium term basis convincingly . |
| 22 | Lord Hulton , in high good humour , settled down On an upturned oil drum with my testing book on his knee . |
| 23 | For , all in the instant of his book and glass being set down on a nearby table ‘ You 're afraid of me , Fabia ? ’ he demanded to know in a straightforward , no nonsense manner . |
| 24 | They squatted down on a narrow ice ledge . |
| 25 | He continued : ‘ With criminal trespass , all they can do is go down on a daily basis and charge people . |
| 26 | He went down on a loose ball and my boot landed on him . |
| 27 | She looked down on a motionless gathering of Mercedes , BMWs , a Range Rover and the occasional Rolls . |
| 28 | Its prime target is an audience of decision makers whose names you can write down on a single sheet of paper . |
| 29 | Both men were expelled ‘ for gross political mistakes in tackling social tension , especially the events of November 17 , 1989 ’ , when police clamped down on a pro-democracy demonstration . |
| 30 | Hm , I said , sitting down on a split rexine tuffet . |