Example sentences of "he was [verb] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly after joining No 10 Squadron he was shot down during an attack on the Tirpitz at Aasfjord near Trondheim in Norway . |
| 2 | He was shot down by a Luftwaffe night-fighter . ’ |
| 3 | Pearce and Duvall were blurred figures beside the wreck , distinguishable only in that Duvall was carrying the paraffin containers , which he was setting down on the pavement . |
| 4 | He was turned down for an insurance policy on the grounds that he was too old . |
| 5 | However , when Bernard applied for planning permission to build a factory on the site he was turned down by the local highways department . |
| 6 | He was turned down by the " Goldsmith Libel Fund " , an eccentric exercise in philanthropy which bankrolls plaintiffs of conservative persuasion ( notably Tory MPs ) who bring libel actions against media organisations perceived as left-wing ( eg the BBC ) . |
| 7 | He was to go down to the Supersight factory for some practice with Harley and was then to go with him to a couple of the Continental tournaments . ’ |
| 8 | He 'd probably never been to Brixton before — I could tell that from the way he was sinking down in the back of Armstrong the farther along Effra Road we got . |
| 9 | Look at Ben Hogan , a legend and a perfectionist who gave up the game when he was struck down by the dreaded ‘ yips ’ . |
| 10 | He was looking down at the pavement outside the house . |
| 11 | It must have been an automatic reaction because he was looking down at the motionless figure and shouting , ‘ Harriet ! ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He was kneeling down by the wall holding out his hand to me . |
| 14 | He was calming down under the influence of Tweed 's self-controlled personality , his off-hand way of talking . |
| 15 | He was summoned down on the Saturday evening and his presence at least had the effect of giving its a vignette of Baldwin 's behaviour on the eve of what was likely to be the most testing week of his premiership . |
| 16 | Labour demanded his resignation after the LAS Board chairman , Jim Harris , announced he was stepping down as an inquiry blamed management failures over the £1.5 million computer-aided despatch system ( CAD ) . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The lift doors closed across his exclamation of relief and frustration and he was carried down to the ground floor . |
| 19 | I recall my own final visit to the farm where he was allowed down for an hour and where the flame was rekindled for that period sufficiently for us to forget his illness and think only that the old Nye had been restored . |
| 20 | Stephen Wylie , a twenty-four year old businessman from Swindon was travelling on a minor road towards the village of Clanfield when he was flagged down by a man at the side of the road . |
| 21 | He was put down in the spare bedroom with the blinds closed against the sun , and Jim sat with him telling him stories until he fell asleep . |
| 22 | This was important to the early Christians because they faced the charges that Jesus was not really dead when he was taken down from the cross and that , even if he was , the women could have gone to the wrong tomb on the Sunday morning . |
| 23 | He was found down by the river this morning and he 'd been dead since midnight or before . ’ |
| 24 | When he eventually gave up and drove away , he was weighed down by a leaden conviction that he would never return . |
| 25 | Mr Letts was on guard duty at this warehouse in the city … when he was knocked down by a pick up truck loaded with stolen scrap metal . |
| 26 | He was knocked down by a car when he was 4 . |
| 27 | Schoolboy Andrew Bostick , of Leaholm Grove , Stockton , received cuts to his face and left leg when he was knocked down by a car in Fairfield Road , Stockton . |
| 28 | A 78-year-old Darlington man was rushed to hospital yesterday after he was knocked down by a car while crossing High Row . |
| 29 | Robert Crehan claims he was held down as the body building star repeatedly kicked him . |
| 30 | Gallacher led the Newcastle protests which increased in their ferocity after he was pulled down in the box and denied the penalty that would level the score . |