Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] down [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An exclusion clause , which purports to exclude or limit liability under these terms , is subject to the rules already outlined in this chapter , including the rules laid down in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
| 2 | The Yorkshire Television helicopter , which had lifted the crew in , landed in pitch darkness , totally against the ground rules laid down by the Civil Aviation Authority , and lifted out the film equipment . |
| 3 | Outside them , by an open area and a covered section , a small flight of steps led down to a low outbuilding which faced the open area . |
| 4 | Beyond this , four short steps led down to an oval door let into a solid steel bulkhead . |
| 5 | The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly as the marchers and their supporters wind down after a hard day . |
| 6 | Most of the groceries came down from a grand shop in London but she 'd order perishable goods from her brother and then send a servant to complain of the quality . |
| 7 | Beyond the car park , the road contours the hillside , two branches going down to the coastal dwellings of Inver Alligin , and then turns sharply uphill to force a narrow passage across a bare and rocky headland on the last stage of its journey . |
| 8 | The alley ended abruptly in a couple of steps leading down to the sluggish black waters of a canal . |
| 9 | She was at the top of the steps leading down to the front door of the Moebius Strip . |
| 10 | Even her little house was somehow in keeping with this picture , although it was definitely not St John 's Wood and there was no delicate wrought iron balcony with steps leading down to the green garden . |
| 11 | Across the back of the house was a kitchen , a bathroom and a big breakfast room with steps leading down to the back garden . |
| 12 | When he peeped through the gap he could see the big half-pillars supporting the lintel , the rounded stone steps leading down to the paved walkway and the wilderness of garden beyond . |
| 13 | They had reached a short flight of stone steps leading down to an open door , and she had no idea of how they had arrived there . |
| 14 | With an intensity comparable to the devastating bombardment of February 21st , the heavy German shells rained down on a French division of mediocre calibre , the 67th , whose experience of this kind of thing had so far been limited to second-hand accounts from across the river . |
| 15 | Your eyes drawn down to the bitter earth . |
| 16 | His face was sallow , his lips curled down in a perpetual sulk . |
| 17 | Then Mr. Shelford makes his pathetic statement on referees clamping down on the high tackle . |
| 18 | She 'd expected a steady upward climb , but suddenly the tunnel dipped and steps went down beside a white race of water . |
| 19 | Ajayi sat down on the small stool on the other side of the table . |
| 20 | He heaved again at the floor plate and there was room for his feet to slide down towards the blurred stones between the sleepers . |
| 21 | A gentle stroll through the gardens led down to the beautiful long , wide beach . |
| 22 | It has over four hectares of terraced gardens leading down to the rocky shore where you can swim in the sea or swimming pool . |
| 23 | Gina sprang to her feet glaring down at the golden-skinned Dane lounging opposite her . |
| 24 | On either side of him the warders looked down onto the other landings , watching for any signs of unrest amongst those below . |
| 25 | The institutes which began to open in London in the late 1850s appear to have recruited from among the lower-middle class , though Waldo McGillicuddy Eagar , a young Edwardian club worker ( later to be a leading figure in the National Association of Boys ' Clubs ) claimed that ‘ as anxiety about the working classes was intensified , some Youths ’ Institutes reached down from the middle classes to the poor , and increasingly diluted their formal educational programmes with recreational activities . |
| 26 | An eagle diving to the hand from 500 feet whistling down like an express train is a sight not often forgotten . |
| 27 | Flats ( 1970 ) rules sequence down to an absolute minimum and spatializes the narrative by creating Beckett-like ‘ characters ’ who are personified place-names . |
| 28 | The rates are ultimately set by the individual authority , but usually within the bands laid down by the National Joint Council for Local Authorities ' Administrative , Professional , Technical and Clerical Services ( LAAPTAC ) . |
| 29 | For it is the hydrogen bonding ability of the existing chain that determines the sequence of bases laid down in a growing chain of genetic material . |
| 30 | They grew unofficially , here and there , interspersed with beech — which shed its leaves like autumn in the spring , willows , the ballerinas of the forest in a permanent static pirouette , their white seeds drifting down in a slow shower against the blue sky , and the tireless gorse , the popping of its seeds breaking the silence of high summer . |