Example sentences of "be [verb] down at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I think they thought they 'd been let down at the end of it . |
| 2 | No answer suggested itself , however , and after a minute or two he became aware that as these thoughts whirled through his mind he had been staring down at the grilles confining the Chinese coolie families . |
| 3 | The growth characteristics of the bones are laid down at the time when the pattern is specified and the elements are very small and this early specification will control growth for many years ( Chapter 10 ) . |
| 4 | Two days later Horst Teltschik ( CDU ) announced that he would be stepping down at the end of the year as Kohl 's foreign policy adviser at the Chancellery . |
| 5 | The sole observation is indirect ; the orbital period of the binary pulsar 1913 + 16 is measured to be slowing down at a rate which agrees well with that expected if the system is emitting gravitational radiation . |
| 6 | She told Lizzie now that she would be coming down at the weekend and asked her if she would be kind enough to get her old room ready for her . |
| 7 | STUART CANVAS PRODUCTS produce traditional wooden sightscreens , designed to be taken down at the end of the season for service and storage . |
| 8 | People are always being Healed down at the church . |
| 9 | The London theatres , which had for so long been a particular thorn in the side of Puritan moralists such as William Prynne , were closed down at the outbreak of the civil war and remained shut until the Restoration . |
| 10 | Most of them are sandstones or limestones that were laid down at the bottom of the shallow seas that once covered this part of North America . |
| 11 | Thousands of young volunteers , who had abandoned civilian safety to enlist in Kitchener 's great New Army , were cut down at the Somme , and their comrades disillusioned . |
| 12 | ‘ Coming sir , ’ they both trilled , and soon we were sitting down at the dining table in a corner of the living-room . |
| 13 | Last night , two Catholics were gunned down at a shop on the Stewartstown Road , west Belfast and one is believed to have been seriously wounded . |
| 14 | Yes , yes , but erm , you know , I have had to say to the chaps , one of them came in and he said he 'd been spoiled down at the cedar and I said oh well , I , I 've been cooking a breakfast for Neil of course by the operation of sods law , Neil suddenly goes off the idea of having breakfast , so I find myself cooking breakfast for this other lump , who is as idol and selfish as anybody ever met in all the born days , and I said to him just recently , I said , I , I ca n't get up and do breakfast 's in the morning any more , well he says he come 's down and does he 's own , you see they can when they feel that they want too . |
| 15 | Sometimes , under peak-loading conditions , the pressure in the line is insufficient to replenish the tank , and , if pumps are shut down at the end of the day , the tank may be left only partly full . |
| 16 | Glen Ball , the Neath coach and team manager , is to stand down at the end of the season . |
| 17 | I know of anything that is happening down at the rear , I can tell you I have a very keen sense of smell . " |
| 18 | She 'll go up to you and she goes she looks at you like that and her eyes are all wide , sh sh she 's looking down at the wall like that to make sure it 's all clear , you know what I mean ? |
| 19 | ‘ What 's going down at the Mimosa ? ’ |
| 20 | It 's you that 's wanted down at the station and it was kind of you to give me a lift . |
| 21 | The steady release and peak indicates the best way to use this manure : if it is put down at the end of March , the peak comes towards the end of June . |
| 22 | Anne is sitting down at the piano , unfolding her spectacles , smoothing the music in front of her . |
| 23 | Leaving bridle line ‘ C ’ slack , pull on the connector ring ( sometimes a snap and swivel is fitted instead ) so that lines ‘ A ’ and ‘ B ’ are taut and the ring is held down at the level of the rear cross-spar . |
| 24 | She was gazing down at the town and smiling her private , remembering smile . |
| 25 | Court Four of the Royal Courts of Justice in London was packed with judges and barristers to hear the support lent to Lord Lane , who announced in February that he was stepping down at the age of 73 , 18 months before the compulsory retirement age for judges . |
| 26 | He glanced from time to time out of the window , as if to see what was happening down at the jetty . |
| 27 | Alexei was looking down at the skirts of his coat . |
| 28 | She was looking down at the water , which was only inches deep . |
| 29 | When they had gone , Maria glanced at Luke , but to her relief he was looking down at the photos Florian had left behind , his expression inscrutable . |
| 30 | He was looking down at the pavement outside the house . |