Example sentences of "it [vb past] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it fluttered down again he said , ‘ There ! |
| 2 | So , with her last remaining strength , she pushed it through the bars , and it fluttered down to his feet . ’ |
| 3 | I have no idea how i it went around a up in the northern hemisphere , over Scandinavia , and Georgia 's in the south , so you 'd have think it 'd have been weak by the time it got down I 'm not a scientist , I have no idea what |
| 4 | Through all the Bird generations it passed down to today . |
| 5 | These two requirements were first established by Greek playwrights and were later codified by the Académie Française ( 1635 ) when it laid down rules for the composition of any literary work . |
| 6 | Jesus believed it statements , endorsed its teaching , obeyed its commands , and set himself to fulfil the pattern of redemption which it laid down . |
| 7 | Indeed , Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 is a clear decision to the contrary since it laid down unequivocally that an act may be an appropriation notwithstanding that it is done with the consent of the owner . |
| 8 | Look at the decision of the Exchequer Chamber how we may , it laid down a new principle . |
| 9 | It laid down guidelines for religious instruction . |
| 10 | It laid down the general principle of comprehensive education which would have ended selection over a period ( but this was repealed in the 1979 Act ) . |
| 11 | For example , it laid down standards relating to advertising , and specified a minimum ‘ cooling-off ’ period . |
| 12 | Chissano acknowledged that the MNR would be able to register as a political party if it laid down arms . |
| 13 | It laid down provisions for third world states to benefit from technology transfer and financial aid to help them preserve key areas , and for compensation payments in return for extraction of their genetic resources ( seen as referring in particular to the exploitation of the gene bank of tropical forests by biotechnology companies ) . |
| 14 | It crept down the columns that the place we were to attack was a village called Neuve Chapelle . |
| 15 | His remarks were seen as a hint that the Conservatives might let a minority Government led by Mr Kinnock stay in office if it toned down its programme , rather than force an immediate second election . |
| 16 | In her dreams she was twelve years old again ; short , scratched legs in red socks and scuffed , brown sandals , walking along the narrow , dirt path at the side of the railway line to where it plunged down , off the high ridge , through the Druid 's Grove . |
| 17 | And then it plunged down and down and down . |
| 18 | Suddenly it swooped down towards something in the bog and vanished from sight . |
| 19 | It swooped down on one of the dogs and was standing on its chest with its beak at her throat . |
| 20 | It swooped down towards Risborough and he managed to control it enough to bring it into a field |
| 21 | You could feel the earth shake as it changed down , ready to turn out into parkside . |
| 22 | As the regime 's dependence on the Islamic fundamentalists became more and more pronounced , it cracked down hard against the threat of opposition , whether from the left and the unions or from within the military ; following alleged coup attempts in April and September 43 officers accused of involvement were summarily executed [ see pp. 37367 ; 37703 ] . |
| 23 | This manifested itself quite dramatically on a few occasions when , the holding screws having sheared , the rail curled up behind the tank as it moved down the slope . |
| 24 | It moved down between her legs and started to stroke her . |
| 25 | His hand scalded her as it moved down her body , gliding silkily over the depression of her waist , across the flat planes of her quivering stomach , and back again to the graceful sweep of her hip . |
| 26 | ‘ It did not catch my foot , for I was already wheeling away , but it crashed down on my wing and caught it in its grip . |
| 27 | Teesside magistrates heard how the two Middlesbrough men used an electronic tagging device to track a terrier as it bore down on badgers in a well known sett . |
| 28 | There was a tiny splash as its mouth lifted above the surface , then it sank down again , merging with the darkness . |
| 29 | The remaining 75 per cent — much of it ground down to toxic sludge and non-degradable waste — ends up dumped in landfill sites . |
| 30 | The only way to ensure that the unwanted behaviour does not reappear is to keep it dampened down by more punishments . |