Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] down in the [adj] " in BNC.

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1	An early regard for the quality of life was shown when the walls of the medieval town were pulled down in the early nineteenth century .
2	The foundations of modern archaeology were laid down in the 17th century , and throughout the 17th and 18th centuries emphasis was put on the recording of archaeological monuments , initially as part of general topographical works , but eventually as part of a study of the monuments themselves .
3	It is only fair to put on record , so that the student of war today can trace Trenchard 's early thinking , by recalling that the Harris war aircraft were laid down in the mid-thirties .
4	Its weakness was its technical conservatism ; although in 1880 the Admiralty agreed to reintroduce breechloading guns on heavy ships , the armoured cruisers Impérieuse and Warspite , which were laid down in the same year , were still designed to carry a full spread of sail .
5	Erm with chimney sweeper was waiting down in the high street he was waiting there whoa said Mr to the donkey , the donkey was wondering probably whether he was so without listening to a word of warning he jumped on him
6	This demographic pattern was laid down in the first half of the century when the inter-war birth-rate declined markedly .
7	The standard of care expected of a doctor was laid down in the following case .
8	It was laid down in the 1991 Duopoly Review that it should not be allowed to offer entertainment until at least 1997 , when the situation will again be reviewed , and possibly for another three years after that .
9	He was put down in the spare bedroom with the blinds closed against the sun , and Jim sat with him telling him stories until he fell asleep .
10	in Poultry , City of London : it was burned down in the Great Fire of 1666 , and subsequently rebuilt .
11	A kindergarten housing asylum-seeking refugees was burned down in the northern city of Greifswald .

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