Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] down in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bull O'Malley 's heavy eyebrows were drawn down in a confused frown . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Detailed regulations for the construction of new buildings were laid down in a great variety of Acts and bye-laws . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In South-west England block and basin limestones and shales and spilitic basic volcanics were laid down in an extensional basin developed at the western end of the Rheno-Hercynian zone . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | Dawn handed her a syringe filled with heart stimulant and soon Sandy was settled down in a warm recovery cage . |
| 10 | The rain was coming down in a solid curtain . |
| 11 | She was set down in a quiet side-street near the Madeleine . |
| 12 | This demographic pattern was laid down in the first half of the century when the inter-war birth-rate declined markedly . |
| 13 | The standard of care expected of a doctor was laid down in the following case . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Swinburn was knocked down in a late night incident in Newmarket a month ago — and rates himself lucky to be riding again at all . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Seven years later , it lost its second main tourist accommodation when the Lake was burned down in an accidental fire . |
| 18 | in Poultry , City of London : it was burned down in the Great Fire of 1666 , and subsequently rebuilt . |
| 19 | A kindergarten housing asylum-seeking refugees was burned down in the northern city of Greifswald . |