Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were made to lie down on the floor in the back . |
| 2 | It seems that when they were made to lie down in the back of the truck and their hands were tied behind them , Katrine remembers there being rags underneath her . |
| 3 | After a fortnight we were told to go down to the airfield for a possible lift into Assam , but often refugees went in the morning but were back in the evening as the planes were so busy taking out wounded soldiers . |
| 4 | Their enemies drove them out arid they were forced to live down in the marshes of Kelfazin . |
| 5 | He was intended to come down at the wrong moment , disappear , do the same again , then go shooting through the roof when the mechanics of the wire go wrong . |
| 6 | One cafe and clothesshop owner says he was forced to close down for the weekend . |