Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [verb] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | South Africa was marred by the fatal accident to Tom Pryce when a marshal ran across the track : a memorable moment when a dead man 's car kept running down the straight . |
| 2 | A couple more members of the gang came scrambling down the companionway ladder . |
| 3 | And if the faculty chose to go down the specialist qualification route , he added , it would go some way towards restoring credibility in the auditing profession by ensuring that standards are raised . |
| 4 | And she was on his knee , and their arms were round each other , and though the sun had gone down the garden at that moment was glorious , full of a blaze of splendour that surrounded them like a halo . |
| 5 | Here when the sin in the darkness had been brought to the light its power was broken and in this case confession had battered down the barrier . |
| 6 | The gentle breeze managed to cool down the heat of the sun a little but sustained the dust raised by the passing vehicles and deposited it in a thin film on the white tablecloths and the empty seats of the outdoor café . |
| 7 | Perhaps the pussy had fallen down the well again , they thought . |
| 8 | As they moved towards me , I moved away , but at last I came to a part of the field where rain had knocked down the corn . |
| 9 | TREVOR FRANCIS last night refused to bring down the curtain on his playing career , even though Sheffield Wednesday chairman Dave Richards has begged him to bow out . |
| 10 | Begbroke seemed ideal but then the vicar started laying down the law . |
| 11 | The fat undertaker had closed down the tailgate of the hearse and stood about on the gravel , twirling his keys . |
| 12 | The familiar whisky-edged voice came bellowing down the line , and she grinned fondly . |
| 13 | Some of these are mirror images of those previously cited ; for instance , the recession meant less need for businessmen to seek out large industrial sites , central government began running down the overspill programmes and giving greater attention to the rejuvenation of inner city areas , and ‘ baby boom ’ was replaced by ‘ baby bust ’ . |
| 14 | Folly started to read down the list , but then her eye was caught by an emphatic message , scrawled across the page in capitals and underlined twice . |
| 15 | But Jonathan Ram continued to stride down the tumbledown street , his knife at the ready , drawing close to his beloved children . |
| 16 | Labour 's Scottish Executive attempted to dampen down the controversy with a report which imposed new machinery , such as new standing orders , to tackle what executive chair Anne McGuire described as ‘ old-fashioned ’ practices . |
| 17 | Labour 's Scottish executive attempted to dampen down the controversy with a report which imposed new machinery , such as standing orders , to tackle what the executive chairwoman , Anne McGuire , described as old-fashioned practices . |
| 18 | In June 1946 , a month after a popular referendum had voted down the Constituent Assembly 's proposed constitution and sent the parties back to the drawing board , de Gaulle re-entered the political fray . |
| 19 | The International Herald Tribune of June 29 reported that the Swedish immigration board had turned down the asylum application of a Soviet Jew for the first time in memory and that immigration officials had announced on June 28 that Soviet Jews would no longer be granted asylum automatically . |
| 20 | But in view of the outlook for prices of both oil and gas , the company decided to write down the carrying value of its production , development and exploration assets in an exceptional depletion charge totalling £24½m . |
| 21 | The trio had abseiled down the shaft at about 12.30pm and it was after 9pm before Richard raised the alarm . |
| 22 | Bloomsbury House tried to dampen down the enthusiasm for Lyons — the uniforms were very expensive to provide — but many ended up working there . |
| 23 | After the fire had died down the rock was doused with cold water . |