Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [coord] [vb past] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he captured some knights and burned down the town , he was unable to take the castle . |
| 2 | He pulled back the blankets , peeled back the cotton and rubber sheets and struggled down the ladder with them in his arms . |
| 3 | Thus , one of the major criticisms formulated by the social movements of the 1960s , and by radical groups within socialist and labour parties , was directed against ‘ consensus politics ’ which placed a high value upon the existing parliamentary institutions and played down the commitment to radical changes in the social system . |
| 4 | The only problem occurred a few days after launch , when one of the sun sensors produced occasional false readings and shut down the satellite . |
| 5 | By experiment and observation , Hahnemann worked out the drug pictures of many remedies and laid down the principles whereby they were to be used — remedies and principles which are still as valid today as they were when Hahnemann first discovered them . |
| 6 | She cut short the stumbling thanks and put down the phone . |
| 7 | In the end the company became frustrated by lengthy negotiations and laid down an ultimatum saying it wanted an answer by September 1988 . |