Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Homoeopathy can be very satisfying if you do not get worried or weighed down by the ‘ burden ’ of finding a remedy . |
| 2 | Service courses , to judge by what one hears , are a frequent source of irritation on both sides , with the provider unhappy about cannibalizing or trivializing his or her discipline and the consumer complaining that the course is not geared or geared down to his or her needs . |
| 3 | Its great plug was lifted up or dropped down through a tubular cage of brass , and its brass taps gaped wide as the mouths of sea lions . |
| 4 | Sometimes such material is simply tipped-in or stuck down on a blank ; the professional may prefer to inlay it on paper to match the size of the volume , which will often be fairly large . |
| 5 | A letter which has been ‘ mounted ’ or stuck down to another sheet is not as desirable as one that is free . |
| 6 | Mr Blunkett had been reviewing some of the scientific evidence about the connection between deprivation and ill health or premature death , and immediately before your intervention had referred to children in social class 5 being six times as likely to be burnt or knocked down in accidents as those in social class 1 . |
| 7 | Usually dancers are leered at or looked down on whenever they mention their job , so why are Tiller Girls different ? |
| 8 | The double zip allows you to roll the centre flap up from the bottom , to be fastened at the top or rolled down from the top for quick access . |
| 9 | The men fell back , or fell down in some cases , and Benny leapt off the edge of the dock just ahead of a swarm of angrily buzzing bullets . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd far rather you waited until it 's light , or went down for Bob . ’ |
| 11 | A body did n't change if it had been blasted with an automatic weapon in a robbery on Lenox Square or gunned down on a sidewalk in Athens . |
| 12 | Or melted down for soap . |
| 13 | It seemed to Preston that if you avoided being stabbed to death by terror gangs , you stood an even chance of being burned to death by sudden conflagration , or pushed on to the live line by a psychopath lurking among the rush-hour crowds , or struck down by a heart attack brought on by the extreme rage and frustration of trying to understand a platform announcement . |
| 14 | No decisions have yet been taken on which newspapers will be sold or closed down in the UK . |
| 15 | At the back there is a horizontal belt sleeve which allows it to be attached to a belt up to 70mm wide and there is also a vertical sleeve 50mm wide which permits it to be worn on its side or slid down over a vertical post for use as a permanent fixture at a centre or clubhouse . |
| 16 | The whole was created beneath the sea and laid down as a series of overlying strata which emerged as an elevated dome , the cap being subsequently removed by erosion . |
| 17 | The Trust is fortunate that its regional structure was conceived and laid down in the 1971 Act of Parliament . |
| 18 | Until it is universally accepted that nobody whatsoever has title to property other than that held under rules to be agreed and laid down by all humankind , as distinct from those alleged to have been the product of some ‘ god ’ or other , will the first step towards formulating those rules have been taken . |
| 19 | Then he went over to the window , and gazed down into Hand and Ball Court for several minutes , frowning and pushing his lower lip up alternately . |
| 20 | He went over to the window and gazed down into Hand and Ball Court . |
| 21 | He walked to the window and gazed down through the net curtains . |
| 22 | We filed into the boxes reserved for the writers and gazed down at the acres of empty seats . |
| 23 | Ilbrec turned and gazed down at Fand . |
| 24 | The farmer and I went over and gazed down at a circular black object about half an inch across floating on the surface of the milk . |
| 25 | He opened his eyes and gazed down at her face . |
| 26 | Slowly he stepped across to the terrace and gazed down at her with eyes so racked with pain that Ruth 's own eyes filled to the brim with her despair and lost love . |
| 27 | We sat with our backs against the trig point and gazed down like Gods on the coastal plain of Thassos . |
| 28 | Flat roofs are laid with a slight slope so that rainwater can be collected by conventional gutters and led down to the drains . |
| 29 | The Doctor gathered up his hat and umbrella and hopped down after them . |
| 30 | He had the roads to Ruthyn and Denbigh under his eye from this eyrie , and Mold was not too far for a raid if the weather and the omens were good ; but since his active autumn of last year he had contented himself with holding and consolidating , and swooped down in the occasional raid along the border only to keep his hand in for greater things if the season should indicate the necessity . |