Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] down [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We speak of a judgement in a particular case or of a rule laid down in a judgement as being undoubtedly according to law , but as being ‘ unfair ’ or ‘ unjust ’ or ‘ inequitable ’ . |
| 2 | He also saw that if the parties did not approve of a rule laid down by a court — a ‘ certain rule ’ — they could choose to vary it by contract . |
| 3 | But I can remember one thing that happened in in that respect was that the superintendent came down to a meeting or he wanted to see us after nationalization . |
| 4 | A LONE woman driver says she waited six hours to be rescued by the RAC when her car broke down on a motorway at night . |
| 5 | The turning point for them came when their car broke down after a family christening . |
| 6 | Finally , Delaney 's masked black figure slid down into an area that was wider and better lit . |
| 7 | We use this way in to stop people stealing what gear we have.Andy has been scratching around for a regular roof over his head for a year , ever since he lost his job and his home burned down in a fire . |
| 8 | ‘ Where are we going first ? ’ she asked as the machine touched down with a bump . |
| 9 | Alternatively , dispense 10 double drops of fixative on a wax plate ( dental wax , or a sheet of parafilm stuck down on a glass surface ) , and float each grid on the surface of a drop ( 1 grid per drop — use each drop once only ) . |
| 10 | He had breakfasted lightly on Marmite and toast washed down with a pot of tea . |
| 11 | The beautiful barmaid waved down from an upstairs window . |
| 12 | Her hair was put up with rhinestone forget-me-nots instead of diamanté ones and when her friend Mr Lewis says : ‘ might I divest you of your plastic mac ? ’ the whole process shut down for an hour or so whilst six fairly literate people racked their brains for a ‘ mac ’ substitute . |
| 13 | His cloak hung down like a curtain , and I could see streetlamps through the bullet holes in it . |
| 14 | Steps in the south-east corner of the Central Court led down into a well which was used , at least in the temple 's final days , for offerings : there were many small clay vases , one of which still had olives in it when excavated . |
| 15 | Several miles away in Queen Margaret Drive , a BBC technician knelt down beside a music stand and gently pulled a strip of card aside revealing some names and numbers . |
| 16 | On winter days the thin spirals of blue smoke were particularly visible , although , in fact , you could see them on most days save when heavy rain , snow , or mist came down like a curtain over everything except the immediate slope of the hill and its scattered beeches . |
| 17 | Presently the flying head touched down in a crash which was at least semi-controlled . |
| 18 | Anyone who could play an instrument or sing in tune was roped in , and I found my name put down on a list to be a chorus girl . |
| 19 | Sometimes it shrivelled into itself like water splashing on hot stones , then flared out again as its owner shrank down in a spasm of coughing and straightened up again . |
| 20 | This was possible because demand went down by a quarter and new supplies were available from the UK North Sea . |
| 21 | A SPECIAL constable was shot dead at point-blank range and his colleague gunned down at a routine police check , an Old Bailey court heard yesterday . |
| 22 | The computer went down for a while , it 's probably full of water |
| 23 | Kenamun had not removed his gaze from Huy , who began to feel like a specimen , or , worse , a snake stared down by a mongoose . |
| 24 | In the context of the present case , however , it was not necessary to determine whether there were any conceivable circumstances in which Community law might affect rules in that sphere laid down by a member state . |
| 25 | When life sank down for a moment , the range of experience seemed limitless … . |
| 26 | Only two suffered injuries as the craft came down in a field at Pirbright , Surrey . |
| 27 | The rope hung down in a corner of the room on the right-hand side of the fireplace . |
| 28 | A man leaped down from a window five storeys high and drowned in the river . |
| 29 | He — he — ’ Her voice ran down like a phonograph record . |
| 30 | The elder female sank down on a tree stump to rest , fanning herself with her hand . |