Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] down [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The optimum completion time has come down by one minute to 11 minutes and more time is being allowed on the roads and tracks section before the cross country . |
| 2 | The river has cut down through 6,000 feet of the Colorado Plateau , exposing a quarter of the earth 's geological history . |
| 3 | Rice , a controversial omission from South Africa 's World Cup team , has stepped down after 10 years as Transvaal 's captain to take up a position as a TV commentator during the competition . |
| 4 | However , I believe — perhaps the Minister will confirm this — that , in the last year for which we have the figures , the import of such waste has gone down to 44,000 tonnes , although that is still 10 times higher than in 1981-82 . |
| 5 | I 'm extremely sad to see that the price for glass has gone down by five pounds a ton which results in the er the income from the recycling of glass being halved . |