Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [verb] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 2 | An action begun in Glasgow for possession of the books , papers and effects was turned down on the grounds that the Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union was not registered in Scotland and that the complaint had therefore been raised " without title or authority " , though these effects were , claimed Shinwell , later handed over " for the sake of peace and quiet " . |
| 3 | The form of those prayers was laid down in the teaching of the rabbis , and we can glimpse it in the story of the Pharisee and the Publican . |
| 4 | A kindergarten housing asylum-seeking refugees was burned down in the northern city of Greifswald . |
| 5 | Joseph 's lodge was at the north of the camp , and one of his wives was cut down by a bullet while carrying her daughter to safety . |
| 6 | Under the persuasion of the Bow Street Runners , information was wrung from them about a meeting of the Wokingham Blacks , and a complete troop of Horse Grenadiers was drafted down to the forest . |
| 7 | Four months after this article was written the unit focusing on girls and young women was closed down by the management of the national organization , and we all lost our jobs . |
| 8 | A prosecution appeal against the overturning of North 's convictions was turned down by the Circuit Court of Appeals on Nov. 27 . |