Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [vb pp] down [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you must not get bogged down in detail . |
| 2 | Some students find that it helps them to make a brief précis of the situation , though you should n't waste too much time in writing out points which you already have set down in front of you . |
| 3 | You could find it useful to comment on past reactions and to ask for a fresh angle : ‘ When we 've talked about having some staff working from home , we 've always got bogged down in cost factors regarding the technology needed . |
| 4 | The affair then became bogged down in argument and procedural wrangles before the European Court of Justice . |
| 5 | Rory had always thought of Hamish as a sort of ponderously eccentric fool , and Ken a kind of failure because he had so much wanted to travel , and instead had settled down with Mary , stayed in the same wee corner of the world as he 'd been born and raised in , and not only raised his own children , but chosen to teach others ' , too . |
| 6 | H M I P which your officers show er or hold up to advise you technically , never get turned down on authorisations submitted to them . |
| 7 | Anna would never have settled down to marriage with a gorgio , I realise that now . |