Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [verb] down [art] [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 party had officially received less than 3 per cent of the votes in the April general election ( see p. 36603 ) , and before the poll Mestiri had turned down a proposal by the ruling RCD for a national coalition . |
| 12 | The fat undertaker had closed down the tailgate of the hearse and stood about on the gravel , twirling his keys . |
| 13 | So he r he disappeared from view and the man 'd quietened down a bit . |
| 14 | The familiar whisky-edged voice came bellowing down the line , and she grinned fondly . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Gone are the days when organisations automatically recruited new graduates irrespective of their degree topic on the basis that three years at university show that someone has the intelligence and application needed to hold down a job . |
| 18 | There was a big brown ring on this one , where a human had put down a cup . |
| 19 | But Jonathan Ram continued to stride down the tumbledown street , his knife at the ready , drawing close to his beloved children . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Maggie was thankful that her heart had settled down a bit and was not now hammering in her chest like a wild bird . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The trio had abseiled down the shaft at about 12.30pm and it was after 9pm before Richard raised the alarm . |
| 27 | Bloomsbury House tried to dampen down the enthusiasm for Lyons — the uniforms were very expensive to provide — but many ended up working there . |
| 28 | After the fire had died down the rock was doused with cold water . |
| 29 | When it landed , the Americans had no steps tall enough to reach it , a gratifying start except for the fact that the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and his party had to climb down an emergency ladder hand over hand . |
| 30 | The Labour Party had put down a vote of censure and there was much rumbling on the Tory backbenches . |