Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , part of that under-reporting comes down to the fear of victimisation . |
| 2 | My eyes shut , I could see that napkin fluttering down through the mushroom cloud . |
| 3 | Shortly after this point the road becomes little more than a bridle path or cart track which , however , provides an intriguing pass-walk of about 4 hours duration over the Pragel Pass to Richisau 's alpine pasture leading down to the beautiful Klontal valley in the canton of Glarus . |
| 4 | A row of yellow , baleful eyes looked down from the darkness among the rafters . |
| 5 | The functional association of two domains can then be interpreted through a hierarchical search extending down from the initial checking for the intersection of geometric domains , through an entity or edge condition check , into that for the relationships of the sub-surfaces contained within the spatial intersection . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've seen 'em , Gloria , with that Biddy crone down by the warehouses ! |
| 7 | So it became the first PGA Tour venue to lose a tournament because it does n't conform to the anti-discrimination rule laid down by the United States PGA . |
| 8 | In the morning , I slept through the pigeons , but around 8.30 a loud banging started down in the nave like they might have been building a scaffold or something . |
| 9 | Great shafts of white after-rain light poured down from the edges of the clouds and soon the sun shone alone in a patch of blue , a weakening autumn sun . |
| 10 | Moving away from the terrace , broad steps drop down past a rose and herb bed edged with low growing box to the first lawn level , which would make an ideal play area . |
| 11 | The dark , lazy appraisal moved down over the jut of her breasts beneath the soft material , and she shivered involuntarily , despite the warm night . |
| 12 | Some geezer got down into the tunnels and found his way out . ’ |
| 13 | By 1737 he had begun to acquire over 200 acres of what was regarded as desolate heath-land sloping down to the River Mole near Cobham in Surrey , and he turned it into an ornamental park , Painshill Park . |
| 14 | The entire high squadron went down with the exception of the leader . |
| 15 | My talk with Quintin had more content since he said that if another peer came down from the Upper House he would withdraw from public life whether he was in the Upper or Lower House . |
| 16 | I had some notes jotted down on a card somewhere , but I quickly went off them and chatted about whatever seemed interesting . |
| 17 | At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site . |
| 18 | There were some steps going down to the foreshore near a riverside pub . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | P.U.M.P. : ‘ Barabajagal ( Love Is Hot ) ’ ( Ultimate ) out of the ashes of the Junior Manson Slags arrives Aqua Marina , with her Purple Under Melted Pink getting down on the dancefloor with a hot and sultry Donovan song . |
| 21 | FORMER England batsman Bill Athey has had his request for cricket 's equivalent of a free transfer turned down by the Test and County Cricket Board . |
| 22 | And the RUC is urging for public help to clamp down on the level of incidents throughout the province . |
| 23 | Returning to the conversation , over the delicious Peking duck , and fresh cabbage washed down with a splendid Chinese wine , our host argued fervently : ‘ Tractors : do not be silly : what would you expect us to do with all the donkey minders ? ’ |
| 24 | Once dolphins locate a school of fish , they spread out , some individuals diving down to the school of prey to herd it to the surface by swimming around and under the fish in an ever-tightening formation . |
| 25 | A dozen hybrids and another purestrain dropped down into the arcade . |
| 26 | Ms Johnston uses the world war as a springboard into other conflicts ; that between England and Ireland ; between Ireland north and south , and even within the south itself , as the English officers look down on the Irish men , and the northern Irish sergeant barely conceals his contempt for the southern Catholics in his ranks . |
| 27 | Now this is a a British lorry coming down in the offside lane , cos it 's only two lanes . |
| 28 | Scotch Whisky is inseparable from Scotland … of all the spirits mankind has distilled , refined and enhanced from nature 's huge store of goodness , Scotch Whisky is the noblest … a distillation of the natural riches with which Scotland is so abundantly endowed … clear waters tumbling down from the hills and across the moors , though peat and over granite … fields of golden barley … the cool , pure air . |
| 29 | I do n't recall ever seeing a big beardy climber lying down in the heather having a tantrum , or a party of Outward Bound students holding their heads and crying into their gaiters , so one is forced to conclude that I am alone in my hill hysteria . |
| 30 | Yeah , I saw , I passed him this morning going down to the garage with some wood |