Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] [vb past] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pulled back the blankets , peeled back the cotton and rubber sheets and struggled down the ladder with them in his arms . |
| 2 | Terry sat looking anxious while Ellie carefully unpicked , altered , moved all the tiny buttons that ran down the back , rearranged the small bustle , put little tucks into the bustline to make it fit more snugly . |
| 3 | Thus , one of the major criticisms formulated by the social movements of the 1960s , and by radical groups within socialist and labour parties , was directed against ‘ consensus politics ’ which placed a high value upon the existing parliamentary institutions and played down the commitment to radical changes in the social system . |
| 4 | The only problem occurred a few days after launch , when one of the sun sensors produced occasional false readings and shut down the satellite . |
| 5 | Current rating legislation is contained in three Acts of Parliament ( the Local Government Finance Act 1988 , the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and the Non-domestic Rating Act 1992 ) and about 100 items of associated secondary regulations that lay down the processes and procedures governing the system . |
| 6 | They rode in single file , for the ground became broken as they climbed higher and the hoofs of their mounts dislodged loose stones that clattered down the hillside . |
| 7 | And when her tears mixed with the salty tears that fell down the great beast 's cheek , the spell was released , and he stood before her , a golden-haired young man in hunting-costume . |
| 8 | She cut short the stumbling thanks and put down the phone . |
| 9 | DoE and the Department of Trade and Industry have asked the British Standards Institution to revise any analytical standards that lay down the use of either of these compounds . |