Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [noun] [vb past] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | About a year later and some six months before Heath closed down the government and parliament of Northern Ireland , army technicians began systematic telephone tapping or landline intercept as it was euphemistically termed . |
| 2 | The girl 's ordeal lasted 12 hours until police broke down the front door and arrested five people . |
| 3 | On Oct. 31-Nov. 1 some 20,000 troops and tanks advanced down the international highway through the Iraqi town of Zakho and took control of about 160 sq km of Iraqi territory on two main fronts , in the Haftanin region north-east of Zakho and another in the Hakurk valley near the border . |
| 4 | If the tasks to be done are more complex , and surrounded by a higher degree of uncertainty , then co-ordination may be done more efficiently through instructions and information passed down the managerial hierarchy . |
| 5 | Music drifted from open windows and traffic droned down the King 's Road . |
| 6 | A party of revellers in black and red velvet doublets and hose ran down the arcade , showering everyone with confetti . |