Example sentences of "[vb pp] down at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The highlight of the Festival for us was really the International Violin Competition , which went on all day for 4 days ; 28 competitors played three different programmes , the ‘ survivors ’ being whittled down at each stage . |
| 2 | Lumps of excrement and sodden pieces of toilet paper lie in the water in a state which suggests they have not been broken down at all . |
| 3 | I tell you , if a helicopter had come down at that customs post , there would have been no stopping me . |
| 4 | Lt. Mietusch reported engaging eight Hurricanes , one of which he claimed shot down at 1845 , the pilot baling out . |
| 5 | Hardly there 's hardly anything There 's hardly anything written down at all about this . |
| 6 | When the cheers and the clapping had died down at last , Don Mini stood up to make a speech . |
| 7 | When , worn down at last , he mentioned a man who lived as far away as Prudhoe , the polite picked up a young fellow known as Billy the Badger , which apparently had nothing to do with his poaching activities , but was given him because he always wore a white muffler , the ends tucked into his trouser tops , and on Sundays , when he wore his best , which was a black coat and trousers , his pointed face above this ensemble roughly depicted the night creature of the woods . |
| 8 | ‘ She was n't frightened of flying , but she was very frightened of the seat belt , so I think she 'd been tied down at one time . |
| 9 | During one period 84 X 9 cwt. cartloads were brought down at 1/8 the ton … 37 tons 16 cwt. came to £3 : 3s . |
| 10 | A special spinners ' mat was laid down at pre-tour net sessions at Lilleshall in an effort to prepare England 's batsmen for what they could expect to face on dusty Indian pitches . |
| 11 | He still retained property in Dudley , being the largest payer of poor rates there in 1649 ; apart from houses in the town , his land at Netherton Hall nearby was set down at 195¾ acres . |
| 12 | If the district registry had appreciated the urgency and the short period of the order without doubt they would have sought directions and the result would certainly have been that the appeal would have been set down at some other convenient centre or , as happened , in London at or before the beginning of this term and would have been heard within a few days , that is , the appeal would have been heard approximately a month ago . |
| 13 | One recent week was spent down at one of the two training colleges the union owns Cudham Hall at Seven Oaks in Kent . |
| 14 | The biggest threat is from loss of habitat because the rainforests are being chopped down at such a fast rate . |
| 15 | Trees are being cut down at such a rate that the total forest cover of the Earth is decreasing rather than increasing . |
| 16 | And only catered for Street Station , which was a small station , it was being run down at that time , Street Station . |
| 17 | This precipitated out the dextran which was spun down at 3500 rpm at 4°C for 10 minutes . |
| 18 | He had not quietened down at all as he had grown older — far from it — and could not now be still for a single moment . |
| 19 | I was given the option to have him put down at any time , but of course as time went on his recovery was more and more likely and my hopes got higher . |
| 20 | Yeah , erm , we , we thought we 'd got him calmed down at one point and he started up again and he was like that right the way up till I went to fetch Emily |
| 21 | This pattern has also had a stitch laddered down at each side which was then picked up , but as before , sometimes the dropped stitches can be left if they do not show . |
| 22 | So when you run to get it started off , you have all your uranium fuel rods in the reactor and you 're control rods and it 's it 's shut down at that stage okay , then you gradually start withdrawing the control rods , and see what 's happening . |
| 23 | Gooch , though , England 's loyal and reliable banker , went for his second modest score of the match , a choker of a dismissal in that he was held down at second slip at 3.43pm , three minutes into interval time . |