Example sentences of "down [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | New York became conditioned to skyscrapers which were torn down after a few years ' life to be replaced by newer skyscrapers . |
| 2 | I persuaded them both to come out of the room the same way , as I had no key to the door , and took Heathcliff down into the warm servants ' kitchen with me , while Catherine returned to her guests and the dancing . |
| 3 | The Iraqi jet was shot down inside a United Nations ' no-fly zone after it turned to challenge an American F-16 pilot . |
| 4 | ‘ You see , Brownies , this hall is being pulled down in a few weeks ' time and new houses put up in its place , and there just does n't seem to be anywhere else for us to meet . |
| 5 | The current machinery broadly follows the framework of collective bargaining laid down in the 1980 Workers ' Statute . |
| 6 | Once upon a time that was just ‘ Paris ’ which , in dilute form , finally filtered down to the local ladies ' modes . |
| 7 | The process is slowed down by the young females ' strong attachments to their mothers some of whom may occasionally defect and move off with the young males too . |