Example sentences of "[vb past] down [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I suppose the reason I got down to an effort to be objective is that I did n't like the interpretations of my other things — so here I am with an array of alligator pears — about ten of them — calla lilies — four or six — leaves — summer green ones — ranging through yellow to the dark sombre blackish purplish red — eight or ten — horrid yellow sunflowers — two new red cannas — some white birches with yellow leaves — only two that I have no name for and I do n't know where they come from .
2 The group , chaired by Judge Thomas Pigot , QC , a senior Old Bailey judge , recommends that the rule that children under seven or eight should not give evidence , laid down in a string of cases , should be abolished .
3 From the Labyrinth 's south-west entrance a paved ramp , now eroded beyond recognition , led down to a bridge over the Vlychia stream ; on the south side this was supported on a finely built stone viaduct , which carried the road on south-eastwards along the north front of the Pilgrim Hostel and then southwards between yet more Minoan houses .
4 looking in one direction you might imagine yourself in Greenland ; another , and you gazed down upon a nest of' mill chimneys .
5 He sank down into a chair opposite Hari .
6 There was n't anything I could do and , knowing that , I was conscious of my own inadequacy , weighed down by a sense of helplessness .
7 In gale force winds , and weighed down by a camera around her neck , she just missed bringing us back a prize but she managed to capture some winning shots .
8 At first she managed from their home up in Yorkshire ; later , as the pace grew more hectic , she moved down to a suite at the Adelaide in London .
9 The blade came down at an angle on my first finger , but chopped straight through the rest .
10 ‘ The spider came down on a thread in front of me while I was driving .
11 ‘ Given that I was one of them it came down to a choice between Gower and Gatting .
12 I put it with other money I had and part exchanged my irons for a full set of top quality blades which had been in a sale after that my game improved immensely I got my handicap by putting in three cards two terrible scores of 86 and the good card which was 72 my handicap was then 15 I played in a junior competition and came third in the lower handicap section a week later and played in a medal and came down to a handicap of 14 .
13 ( Years later , he came down to a jam with The Pistols when I thought we needed a keyboard player .
14 On winter days the thin spirals of blue smoke were particularly visible , although , in fact , you could see them on most days save when heavy rain , snow , or mist came down like a curtain over everything except the immediate slope of the hill and its scattered beeches .
15 The four-seater Cessna came down in a wood near Hambledon in Buckinghamshire spreading wreckage over a wide area .
16 The four-seater Cessna came down in a wood near Hambledon in Buckinghamshire spreading wreckage over a wide area .
17 Only two suffered injuries as the craft came down in a field at Pirbright , Surrey .
18 Manville flopped down in a chair without being asked .
19 One evening he clambered down with an armful of tin pipes and funnels , scooped a cupful of fermenting liquid out of the barrel , and disappeared into the lavatory .
20 The brittle autumn leaves , shaken by the rush of air , flurried down like a shower of charred paper over the roof and the bright green of the grass .
21 Norman Askew , 59 , of Victoria Avenue , Redcar , knocked down by a car near St.Bede 's School , Marske on Monday has since died in hospital from the head injuries he received in the accident .
22 The rope hung down in a corner of the room on the right-hand side of the fireplace .
23 He looked across , smiled , winked at her , and said ‘ Hi there … er = ’ He glanced down at a sheet in front of him .
24 After a time I settled down into a routine of work , sleep and having a good time — and not necessarily in that order .
25 I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep .
26 Settled down with a cup of tea Robert explained how easy it was to roam the databases of Britain collecting details of people 's private lives .
27 They settled down to a discussion of their problems , and the work they had in front of them .
28 Following this resolution the delegates settled down to a paper by Professor Charles Kerney from Indiana ( Vice-president of the American Association of the Deaf ) which was read by A M Sleight ( the President 's son and headmaster of the Brighton Institute in succession to his grandfather ) and interpreted to the deaf by J W Dawson .
29 Accordingly , when I arrived there , I settled down in a pew at the back and nodded off .
30 LGCM survived and settled down in an office in Bethnal Green .
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