Example sentences of "[verb] down at [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 THE case must be made again for judges to stand down at 70 years of age .
3 His hands came down at either side of her , trapping her against the wall .
4 Dyson sat pouting and rubbing his hands together , glaring down at various parts of the table .
5 From the parking area above , you can easily walk down at either end of the crag , but it 's much more fun to follow the path leftwards and make a free 25 metres abseil through the blow-hole in the roof of the enormous cave of Baume Percée .
6 Jannie sat down at one corner of the great kitchen table and began to write a shopping list .
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