Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [vb pp] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | The real reason is that competition between the various issuers has forced down the charges levied on the retailers — once as high as 3 to 5 per cent , down to an average of 2.2 per cent in 1988 and now 1.7 per cent and falling . |
| 2 | While the rate of management buyouts has slowed down with the recession those that were launched in Scotland had a good record of being completed . |
| 3 | Since then , the ‘ Willowgate ’ scandal over the illegal sale of cars has brought down five cabinet ministers , one of whom committed suicide . |
| 4 | The name of Lads has survived down through the years from the 15th century . |
| 5 | HOUSEWIFE Sarah Fox 's dream of making a fortune from soap that FLOATS has disappeared down the plughole . |
| 6 | None of the boreholes installed properly during the past 18 months has broken down . |
| 7 | The evidence for the continuance of the policy into the fifth century comes from Thessaly , where Leotychidas had put down the tagos in the 470s ( p. 81 ) . |
| 8 | The fluid from their melted eyes had run down their cheeks . |
| 9 | His spectacles had shaken down the arch of his nose . |
| 10 | O.K.W. subsequently claimed that German fighters had shot down seven Hurricanes without loss , yet strangely only three claims can be found for 7/JG 26 , one of which may not even have been confirmed . |
| 11 | Above the knee , Santa shed 1¼ inches , and those flabby thighs had toned down by an inch . |
| 12 | The wily captain 's luck was holding in more ways than one for the customs search team found that one of the French shells had ricochetted down an alleyway , through the door of the Captain 's cabin and had embedded itself in the leg of a table where the occupant would have been sitting . |
| 13 | In recent months the fanatics had scaled down their 20-year campaign against English-owned property , but last week launched attacks on five homes . |
| 14 | Every time we 've had a Conservative administration waiting lists have gone down . |
| 15 | The crabs have climbed down the cliffs , for their eggs must be deposited directly into the sea if they are to hatch . |
| 16 | He said relationships between inspectors and schools have broken down several times . |
| 17 | There are many tales of madness overcoming travellers whose cars have broken down or whose camels have died . |
| 18 | The right to have an independent determination arises when negotiations between the parties have broken down ; but what if the parties have never tried to agree ? |
| 19 | And the bloke told me that twenty five corner shops have closed down in South Bank , which is a tiny area , in ten years . |
| 20 | She says that three shops have closed down since Christmas . |
| 21 | They involve men and women who have previously married and whose relationships have broken down . |
| 22 | Already , both the top Republican contenders have backed down from their original pledge to rescind Mr Florio 's tax increases the minute they take office . |
| 23 | Because our our months have come down to us from all sorts of historical reasons . |
| 24 | Erm well it makes sense but I 'm , I 'm glad you cos I mean my bonuses have gone down , I mean they have n't gone up then why is that ? |
| 25 | Well I 'm glad you should say that because the bonuses have gone down and that was a |
| 26 | As for the other children , the argument raged over whether they were truly non-denominational or whether their parents had played down their Jewishness to avoid the attention of the Nazis . |
| 27 | Slime and sludge covered the floors , everywhere wallpaper hung in tatters , while in places ceilings had come down . |
| 28 | The Secte Rouge guards had been charging the Marines with their machetes , to little effect , though a couple of Marines had gone down . |
| 29 | Armed and unarmed Iranians streamed in-along with gusts of tear gas that the US marines had laid down around the door . |
| 30 | Although reported that the A.A. crews had shot down a Ju88 , their claims for the day were for five Ju87s shot down , four probables and one damaged . |