Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of East Germany 's energy-efficient industries are expected to shut down in the aftermath of the country 's reunification . |
| 2 | Conditions are expected to settle down by the middle of next week . |
| 3 | We 're going to go down to the travel agents |
| 4 | That they did not do and now the leader of the council said well they 're trying to get down to the standard spending assessment at last , he could have done that a long time ago , you have had nothing but excess expenditure proposals on behalf of this city for many , many years . |
| 5 | Yeah , they 've been told to cut down on the spending . |
| 6 | I have n't enjoyed the last two years down there , but erm as I say , let's stick our necks out and say ‘ United are going to win down at the County ground ’ . |
| 7 | They 're supposed to It 's supposed to be written written down in the in the book . |
| 8 | I 'm going to walk down to the hotel on the other side of the bay and see if they 've got any rooms free — ’ |
| 9 | His work led to the celebrated equation which bears his name , an equation which can be found written down at the start of every book on quantum mechanics . |
| 10 | Now detectives are trying to unravel the mystery of how he came to be found face down in a ditch in a plantation on Scotston Farm , Auchterhouse , nearly eight miles from his home on the Ardler estate in Dundee . |
| 11 | High , curved , hand-carved doors led from the reception area to the conference room and residents ' sitting-room , where afternoon tea would be served looking down across the gardens to the accompaniment of a grand piano . |
| 12 | He should be encouraged to stretch down onto the bit without losing balance or rhythm . |
| 13 | Fine views can be had looking down on the north side of the island to Porto da Cruz and the Penha d'Aguia ( the enormous flat-topped rock ) which stands between Faial and Porto da Cruz . |
| 14 | So if the mover of composite eight would come down and standing in the of the Northern Region , to be seconded by Lancashire , but as we 're now formally seconding the er the , the formally seconders will not be required to come down to the front , but the movers will . |
| 15 | Once I am happy , the men are allowed to stand down until the next patrol . |
| 16 | The estate and the businesses in Bradford have been allowed to run down during the last few years , while my father was not well . |
| 17 | Ha had things been allowed to run down over the war ? |
| 18 | To the east the Mediterranean Fleet had also come under air attack during 8th. from Rhodes-based Axis aircraft , and heavy air fighting had ensued with six of the attackers being claimed shot down by the defending Fulmars from the carrier ‘ Formidable ’ . |
| 19 | There was talk of building an air-raid shelter for 250,000 people under Hampden Park , and while plans were being made to dig down beneath the city , in another park , Bellahouston , work was far advanced on the tremendous Empire Exhibition and a tower that would rise 300 feet above Bellahouston Hill , 470 feet above sea-level . |
| 20 | They were made to lie down on the floor in the back . |
| 21 | It seems that when they were made to lie down in the back of the truck and their hands were tied behind them , Katrine remembers there being rags underneath her . |
| 22 | The two bodies were lying face down on the grass a few yards apart . |
| 23 | This camera is being used to crack down on a crime explosion that 's made victims of people like 91 year old Beatrice Wakefield , burgled of her savings as she sat in the garden . |
| 24 | After a fortnight we were told to go down to the airfield for a possible lift into Assam , but often refugees went in the morning but were back in the evening as the planes were so busy taking out wounded soldiers . |
| 25 | There was a lot of noise ; people were getting bets down on the first pair . |
| 26 | The Prince and McPhee had walked on to the top of the bank and were standing looking down at the river . |
| 27 | Their enemies drove them out arid they were forced to live down in the marshes of Kelfazin . |
| 28 | The rock slice is placed face down in a polythene tray into 30% HF solution for 3 or 4 min . |
| 29 | Erm I think this whole issue is going to boil down to the your assumptions on migration . |
| 30 | In an area with around 250 cm of rain a year , it seems clear that if the hillsides are not replanted then silt is going to rush down into the river , through the sluice gates of the dam and into the new land , where irrigation canals might become seriously clogged up , and the fertility of the soil lowered . |