Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So inflexible was this masterplan that when New Scientist attempted to introduce someone who knew nothing about computers to the machine ( it is claimed to be very easy to use ) we were turned down on the grounds that ‘ this would upset the timetable ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Coming sir , ’ they both trilled , and soon we were sitting down at the dining table in a corner of the living-room . |
| 3 | Did n't look very well , we were walking down by the side of the road ! |
| 4 | The next day we were taken down to the Brahmaputra river and loaded on to large river steamers . |
| 5 | When we were driving down from the border towards Beni Abbes , we quaked every time we saw police or soldiers . |
| 6 | and they got chaff from the farms you see , they were sent down before the fishing and they filled that and they lay on that . |
| 7 | They were looking down at the new Japanese car factory , Sakata , which had just opened in Humberside . |
| 8 | They were turned down at the one where they were married and christened because they 'd moved five miles outside the parish . |
| 9 | They were turned down by the Minister of Traffic and Waterways , Mrs Maij-Weggen , and it seemed that the idea , which was abandoned . |
| 10 | and it went up into those they were coming down in the minibus and er we stopped so the I ca n't remember where we stopped . |
| 11 | They were coming down from the Quarry , bigger engines . |
| 12 | During the Second World War they were taken down to the dark stone vaults beneath the Half Moon Battery and buried to prevent them falling into enemy hands . |
| 13 | Most of the airfields were bomber units , with the exception of Debden in Essex , a Mustang base , where they were talked down by the American Ground Controllers after exercising around in fog for some time . |
| 14 | Only when they were sitting down in the chop-house and Dr Neil had ordered them soup and rolls , followed by lamb chops with seasonal vegetables , and a glass of red wine each — ‘ Good for your shattered nerves , ’ he said gravely — and they were waiting for the soup to arrive did Sally-Anne have time to look about her . |
| 15 | In 1602 they were thrown down from the walls of Geneva which they had assaulted by surprise . |
| 16 | There they were going down to the car . |