Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pron] [verb] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principal Acts of Parliament which set down the audit requirements of central government are the Exchequer and Audit Departments Acts 1866 and 1921 and the National Audit Act 1983 . |
| 2 | Over the past decade a sudden surge of research reports managed to answer the question of when people achieve a basic grasp of psychology : sometime in the fifth year of life we lay down the framework for generalisable inferences about the intentions of others . |
| 3 | Two months later in a game against Hearts he moved down the human anatomy , this time fouling the opposition fullback Steve Hamilton , who was helped off the pitch with stud marks on his stomach . |
| 4 | In silence they passed down the grandness of Whitehall , hemmed in by the blank facades of bureaucracy , ministries where men and women toiled in cold obscurity . |
| 5 | Their arguments were deliberately couched in language which played down the revolutionary implications of the legislation and was designed to convince doubters that no changes of any real significance were taking place . |
| 6 | At many revolutions per second I came down the green slide into Brixton and beyond . |
| 7 | Blencowe apparently owed his career as a judge to Wallis who turned down a bishopric for himself but asked that his son-in-law be considered for a judicial appointment [ DNB , 20 , 598–602 ] . |
| 8 | After her ordeal on Sunday she flagged down a couple , who drove her to police . |