Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first he refused to answer , then realised that no assassin would make such a noise so went down to the door and called out : ‘ Who 's there ? ’ |
| 2 | The trapdoor in the floor is intact and a set of stone steps below lead down to the basement , location 3a . |
| 3 | Abel suddenly bent down to the letterbox and called through , ‘ Grandfather Gebler , it s me — Abel . |
| 4 | The hammer finally slammed down on an empty chamber . |
| 5 | The M.wt. of proteins N-terminally deleted down to the 73rd , 205th and 356th residue were 69 , 56 and 27kDa , respectively . |
| 6 | The light now dies down to a mere flicker of ‘ fire ’ , appropriate enough considering the onslaught of death imagery with ‘ death-bed ’ , ‘ ashes ’ , ‘ expire ’ and perhaps , again , ‘ consumed ’ . |
| 7 | Consequently , the rule now laid down by the House of Lords is that where in construing a consolidation Act |
| 8 | Would the other speakers please come down to the front . |
| 9 | On the evidence of what was seen at Goodison Park , neither side has any outstanding strengths or glaring weaknesses and the whole puzzling equation simply comes down to a matter of confidence . |
| 10 | Carol gave him his tea then sat down at the table next to Plummer , who carried on eating . |
| 11 | Agnes stood directly in front of her mother now as she said , ‘ Would it do you any harm either to go down into the shop or to go over to the house and change the linen ? |
| 12 | City came under some pressure from Tring , but the home side never looked down to a sub front . |
| 13 | Once in a while , however , mud from the ridge above slipped down in a turbid cloud , carrying with it all kinds of small creatures and dumped them there . |
| 14 | On 9 November a Moscow circular from Secretary V. Molotov himself forbade somewhat belatedly the imposition of any local taxes not laid down in the list issued by VTsIK . |
| 15 | It was just after ten in the morning , yet the sun already blazed down from a vast , deep blue sky that seemed washed clean of all impurities . |
| 16 | As the season draws to a thrilling climax , with Swansea and Llanelli both bearing down on a possible league and cup double , Pontypridd and Newport get their chance to throw a spanner in the works at the Bank Holiday back-to-back Schweppes Cup semi-finals at the Cardiff Arms Park . |
| 17 | Her voice had risen and the child now sat down on a low chair and quickly took off her shoes , then pulled her grey stockings down over her knees before , standing up , she asked , ‘ Will you unhook me , please ? ’ |
| 18 | And , not quite sure how to take that , Ellie hastily looked down at the quilt the woman was folding . |
| 19 | TIM BUZAGLO , the Woking hat-trick hero cruelly cut down by a Gazza-style knee injury , is back to boost their latest FA Cup odyssey at Kingfield tonight . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , Tim Buzaglo , the Woking hat-trick hero cruelly cut down by a Gazza-style knee injury , is back to boost their latest FA Cup odyssey in tonight 's second round replay against Brighton tonight . |
| 21 | In what must be the most liberal judgement ever handed down by a football authority , the FA disciplinary committee decided it was unintentional . |
| 22 | On the evening you then had perhaps 100 or more guests altogether sitting down to a splendid meal followed afterwards by an entertainment organised by some of the men of the congregation . |
| 23 | Many teachers , I have found , can remember from their own schooldays the shock and guilt they felt when a teacher finally broke down in the face of what , to the class , had seemed to be ‘ just having a bit of fun ’ . |
| 24 | Against that must be weighed the costs of absorbing new members into a Community already weighed down by the process of bargaining over policy among 12 member states . |
| 25 | The match then settled down to a midfield battle , with neither side risking any mistakes . |
| 26 | With practice I learned that those flames instantly settled down to a proper blue flame . |
| 27 | This larva eventually settles down on a rock , usually chalk or limestone , and grows the two valves of its shell . |
| 28 | Water also came down to the mill from a cutting , possibly working a mill wheel . |
| 29 | Throughout the Blitz , Lottie regularly trooped down to the Anderson shelter at the bottom of the garden with the boys and her baby daughter in a Moses basket . |
| 30 | The senior manager may be unable to cope with his or her own work either and so much of the overflow simply drifts down to the next level . |