Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [be] [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We , it was when I went to , when I , we were doing something with maps when I was at school and they were trying to find out what , it was the , where the local rates where the money was spent for the local rates and one of projects was taken down the sewage works . |
| 2 | Having secured seats on the saloon deck we went to look about us , and saw another large flock of sheep being driven down the quay towards our steamer . |
| 3 | A natural tendency in times of recession is to batten down the hatches and look after our own needs , but as we sold raffle tickets in aid of our livestock projects in Uganda , people at the Royal certainly supported our scheme with cheerful generosity . |
| 4 | This type of shift was slit down the back for ease of application and secured with back-tie draw-strings at the neck and waist ; such items were , it is assumed , readily available from the undertaker . |
| 5 | Crowds of people were coming down the quays , all heading eastwards . |
| 6 | This identity of message was recognized down the line , and had the effect that one would have expected . |
| 7 | Thus , in some cases where the covenant is all , or substantially all , the consideration , a consequence of a finding of unreasonableness is to strike down the whole contract . |
| 8 | The cold wind of competition is blowing down the Bahnhofstrasse , Zurich 's bank-strewn high street , just as the bankers ' other problems were growing anyway . |
| 9 | Let bourgeois philosophy be cudgelled and smashed by the Revolution " , when he uncompromisingly asserted : " Let us have the courage to be crude : let the spirit of subtlety be swept down the sewer … |
| 10 | Fifty-four acres of land were acquired down the line in Darlington in 1899 . |
| 11 | No when we come out of Bet 's to go down the garage . |
| 12 | We unlashed the mooring cables almost as the last bag of cement was carried down the gangplank . |
| 13 | They have confirmed that one option under consideration is to close down the site . |
| 14 | They let off frequent bursts of fire into the air to remind everyone that the only law in Somalia is administered down the barrel of a gun . |
| 15 | However , while Danzig enjoyed these widespread trade contacts and reaped the benefit of the still massive river trade in Polish timber ( 16,949 log floats of 9 logs per float were rafted down the Warthe to Stettin or Berlin in 1871 alone ) Western Europe had already moved on to develop its rail networks . |