Example sentences of "[vb past] down by a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | All I had to eat was some chocolate Tony had left in the car , washed down by a can of beer in the freeze compartment . |
| 5 | For bed a roadside ditch in the summer , a barn or hay-loft in the winter was all he sought , while for food and drink a farmer 's wife never begrudged him the plate of bread and potatoes washed down by a mug of tay . |
| 6 | IT was a delight to read that 115-year-old Charlotte Hughes attributes her age to a sensible breakfast of bacon and eggs washed down by a tot of brandy . |