Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] down [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I caught a glimpse of her , eyes red with fury , and I wondered if my last hour had come , but Bill , the man who was on guard , managed to push her back with the aid of a large plank , and she soon quietened down when we passed her babies back . ’ |
| 2 | Susan had no sooner sat down than there was another knocking at the door . |
| 3 | The rumbling of conversation gradually died down as DI Frank Gregson got to his feet . |
| 4 | The third mechanism , that of the price agreement , upon which management placed much reliance in single-place working , also broke down because of the detailed breakdown of jobs . |
| 5 | And I think it partly broke down because he was insufficiently ruthless in examining the question that he had asked . |
| 6 | They said one Pakistani soldier , five of his countrymen and three Americans were injured in the three-hour clash , the worst since the weekend killing of seven Nigerian troops trapped by a mob and then gunned down as they tried to flee . |
| 7 | Everyone else sat down as well . |
| 8 | Wilson , more respectfully treated at Lord 's , where he recently stood down as MCC coach , than in his native county , offered Carrick wise counsel when the youngster replaced him in the Yorkshire side . |