Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They remained in occupation until 16 October 1979 , immediately after the coup against Romero , when the factory warehouse was burnt down by the company and the women dislodged by armed members of the Treasury Police . |
| 2 | It was as if his mind was digging down through the years and bringing up pictures of past events … |
| 3 | When the last goodbyes and blessings on him had been murmured by the ladies , two dimmed lanterns were provided by Mrs Prynn the housekeeper , and the priest was led down to the kitchens and into the stables , under the floor of which a tunnel led steeply down to the shore . |
| 4 | Fourteen Mafia bosses have been arrested by Sicilian detectives after a woman 's Mafia Godfather lover was gunned down by the organisation . |
| 5 | Luke says that , in her case , the offering was laid down for the poor : |
| 6 | Swinburn was knocked down in a late night incident in Newmarket a month ago — and rates himself lucky to be riding again at all . |
| 7 | She received a fleeting impression of shaggy black hair and massive shoulders , then the tray was dumped down on the bedside table and she herself dumped in turn on the bed . |
| 8 | An enormous tin trunk was brought down from the attic , and systematically packed with everything needed for a month 's holiday . |
| 9 | The long thin mouth was pulled down at the corners like a tragic mask , the eyes were hooded , the shoulders hunched , head bent forward so that the man 's gaze seemed fixed on the surface of the table . |
| 10 | The foundations of modern archaeology were laid down in the 17th century , and throughout the 17th and 18th centuries emphasis was put on the recording of archaeological monuments , initially as part of general topographical works , but eventually as part of a study of the monuments themselves . |
| 11 | Thomist theology and philosophy were laid down in a rather ossified form as the normative Catholic intellectual system , drawn from the Middle Ages and therefore free of any taint of modern influence . |
| 12 | The nails on the hand clutching the pen were bitten down to the quick — always a sign of savagery . |
| 13 | After this the heifer was knocked down to the plaintiff . |
| 14 | The ore was taken down to the lake , boated down to Nibthwaite , carted from thence to Penny Bridge or Greenodd , ( the latter was quite a busy small port ) from where it was shipped to the Macclesfield Co's. smelters at Liverpool . |
| 15 | The one on Parson 's Green was brought down by the ARP boys and packed tidily away , and then we were granted an AA gun , all to ourselves . |
| 16 | The plan was to go down to the south coast and camp . |
| 17 | The police reacted swiftly and a man who broke through their cordon was brought down by a rugby tackle and arrested . |
| 18 | A new federal law prohibiting the destruction of the US flag was struck down by the Supreme Court on June 11 . |
| 19 | She did n't fall heavily , but lightly , as if a piece of muslin was drifting down to the carpet . |
| 20 | At first , the rate of synthesis was slowed down by the poison , but after evolving through about nine test-tube transfer ‘ generations ’ , a new strain of RNA that was resistant to the poison had been selected . |
| 21 | So , for example , many of the nurseries opened during the Second World War were closed down after the war . |
| 22 | An early regard for the quality of life was shown when the walls of the medieval town were pulled down in the early nineteenth century . |
| 23 | The company strategy and plans for the Autumn Trading period were laid down by the Field Sales Director , Steve Higgins , Jack Millar , National Accounts & Administration Director presented the future strategy for major customers and outlined the plans for national promotional activity . |
| 24 | ONE WAR WAS WINDing down for a while , not ending , because they never end . |
| 25 | His favourite relaxation was to toddle down to the quay and join the Royal Navy patrol boat for a day out . |
| 26 | The doctor was pledged to secrecy , and an iron curtain of security was rung down on the headquarters lest news of the new commander 's prostration further demoralise the men with their backs to the Meuse . |
| 27 | And when we went then after Christmas the shop was closed down for the |
| 28 | The rain was beating down on the windows , but Catherine stayed outside , although by now her hair and clothes were completely wet . |
| 29 | But the skies were darkening and the rain was pouring down over the fields . |
| 30 | The rain was coming down in a solid curtain . |