Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] down the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | of cocks sucked down the deep end 's outlet hole , |
| 2 | Recognizing the complexities and psychological dangers of this awesome doctrine , most non-Puritan clergy played down the Calvinist theory of salvation to such an extent that many of their parishioners were able to continue to believe that their conduct could influence their destination after death . |
| 3 | Her eyes ran down the black jacket to where the man 's watch was half hidden by a white cuff . |
| 4 | If the drains get blocked , this cover can be removed and drain rods pushed down the rodding point to clear them . |
| 5 | This all reached a peak in 1988 when piss-filled cider bottles rained down the hapless likes of Meatloaf ( who ran away ) and Bonnie Tyler ( who did n't ! ) . |
| 6 | White House officials played down the revolutionary tenor of Reagan 's comments , saying that no new infusion of money was set aside for lasers , only that a ‘ reorganisation ’ of the new disparate research projects is underway . |
| 7 | Will then organise conference at which present problems can be cleared and principles laid down The next day , 22 May , AFHQ replied to Eighth Army [ KP 22 ] ] : " Policy discussions on questions indicated your U 128 now being considered this HQ . |
| 8 | The statutes laid down the maximum size of peasant land allotments . |
| 9 | On the corner of Carter Lane , with the mass of St Paul 's cathedral towering above us , we had to pause whilst labourers using ward hooks pulled down the still smouldering , blackening timbers of a burnt-out tenement to ensure no spark ignited neighbouring houses . |
| 10 | Mobs with red flags tore down the graven images of the Shahs father , Reza Smith and cried " Yankees go home . " |
| 11 | This is a problem from which the ordinary courts are not immune , but it is true that this type of uncertainty is absent from the rival schemes because there the courts lay down the precise meaning which a term should bear . |
| 12 | Furthermore , eligibility for statutory payments declined down the occupational ladder and those eligible for payment earned more than those ineligible — findings particularly significant for women . |
| 13 | As Tamar placed him in his grandmother 's arms , tears rolled down the older woman 's cheeks . |
| 14 | Tears ran down the old man 's cheeks when he heard that . |
| 15 | The two men rode down the narrow alleyways where the great four-storey houses were interspaced with the ramshackle cottages and lean-tos of the workmen and artisans . |
| 16 | Necessary truths passed down the female line over centuries , and what does the accumulated wisdom amount to ? |
| 17 | The men came down the stern ladder . |
| 18 | Police broke down the front door to take the dog away . |
| 19 | The girl 's ordeal lasted 12 hours until police broke down the front door and arrested five people . |
| 20 | Men went down the main shaft and tried to clear it by shovelling the slurry into tubs which were then hauled to the surface but this was soon abandoned as it was realised that it would take weeks or months to clear a way through to the trapped men . |
| 21 | But we were barely half-way before clouds crept down the high peaks to threaten us with rain or sleet . |
| 22 | The federal authorities closed down the Slovenian airports on June 27 , through the traffic control based in Belgrade . |
| 23 | But Labour and Liberal Democrats turned down the Conservative budget . |
| 24 | The source of the leak was eventually traced to a vent which had been left open , and firemen hosed down the affected areas . |
| 25 | The source of the leak was eventually traced to a vent which had been left open , and firemen hosed down the affected areas . |
| 26 | 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 . |