Example sentences of "[verb] down at an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plainly there are different degrees of misbehaviour and the partners will not readily resort to the extreme sanction of expulsion , but it is in the interests of the firm that a tendency to depart from proper professional standards be investigated and warnings handed down at an early stage before serious harm is done . |
| 2 | Our UK customers first began to look shaky and soon afterwards began to shut down at an alarming rate . |
| 3 | Between the many breaks in the cloud the rays of a thin evening sun shafted down at an acute angle to spotlight the pastoral scene . |
| 4 | The government could have clamped down at an early stage with tough deflationary policies . |
| 5 | But with the industry in recession , and record sales dropping , the hitherto dependable cashflow was trickling down at an alarming rate . |