Example sentences of "[being] [verb] down [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is believed that the whole of Homer may have been passed on by oral tradition for several generations before being written down in the ninth century BC . |
| 2 | Are not those successful British companies sick and tired of being talked down by the doom-monger Labour party ? |
| 3 | In appropriately ‘ watery ’ metaphors , Mr Wallace spoke of the Government 's economic strategy in Scotland ‘ sinking beneath the waves , ’ and Mr Mullin expressed concern that ‘ Scotland is being dragged down by the sinking ship of the UK ’ . |
| 4 | Scotland is being dragged down by the sinking ship of the UK . ’ |
| 5 | The 1992 world champion had been in a subdued mood all weekend and it was clear he was being worn down by the continuing rumours over his future . |
| 6 | But even he was being worn down by the uneventful march of days . |
| 7 | For another thing the most profitable processes today simply do not need large amounts of labour and is it seriously expected by the government that as long as we avoid being tied down by the social chapter , we shall become such a reservoir of cheap labour , that we shall become cheaper and more exploitable than the labour force in the Third World ? |
| 8 | Sir John bellowed back , and continued up the wide thoroughfare , past a group of nightbirds , whores and petty felons now manacled together and being led down to the great iron cage on top of the Conduit . |
| 9 | It did not seem so cute after a massive explosion ripped apart the pilot plant ( ironically as it was being shut down for the last time ) and killed two of Dequasie 's colleagues . |
| 10 | But falling pupil numbers at Soudley Primary School could lead to it being shut down within the next few years . |
| 11 | THE number of empty council houses in Middlesbrough is being kept down to the bare minimum in an attempt to ease the town 's homes crisis . |