Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [verb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | His running tore QPR to shreds and he took a Waddle ball after 30 minutes to go down the left and set up Bright for a virtual tap in , his eighth goal in 14 games . |
| 2 | Napoleon then climbed a pyramid to tell his triumphant forces that " From these monuments forty centuries look down upon you " . |
| 3 | The world population of all five species is now fewer than 10,500 animals , with the rapid decline in numbers in the past 30 years put down largely to poaching . |
| 4 | It will take 2 days to cut down all 80 trunks and clear away the wood . |
| 5 | In the West End area of Newcastle upon Tyne on Sept. 11 up to 300 rioters burned down a public house and started more than 20 other fires . |
| 6 | If you 've ended up with 2 secs. stop down and repeat until you get something more useful . |
| 7 | If you 've ended up with 2 secs. stop down and repeat until you get something more useful . |
| 8 | In a dilapidated classroom of a Managua school in mid-1989 , an evening class of about forty students settled down to elementary Spanish . |
| 9 | Between 1979–81 , an estimated 330 industries closed down , leaving 22,439 people out of work . |
| 10 | At one time so many people from the area were hanged at Newgate it had been nicknamed Jack Ketch 's Warren , and according to Paddy it had been known for as many as forty constables to march down with cutlasses to control disturbances . |
| 11 | An eagle diving to the hand from 500 feet whistling down like an express train is a sight not often forgotten . |
| 12 | there 's been eight miners trapped down in Yorkshire but the election |
| 13 | Health Unions claim twenty people died in London because a computer dealing with 999 calls broke down . |
| 14 | The FTSE index of the leading 100 companies opened down a marginal 1.1 at 2704.5 , with interest focused more closely on political uncertainty at home ahead of tonight 's Europe vote . |
| 15 | Six grenades came down together . |
| 16 | AUSTRALIA wrapped up the series 4–0 with an ultimately easy victory over a dispirited Indian side , whose last 10 wickets went down for only 59 in the final innings . |
| 17 | With six wickets going down for 62 they were never in the hunt , but Randall did his best to keep the game alive , supported by Knott and Jackman . |
| 18 | The guardian asked three climbers going down to the village to inform the police , as he was unable to contact them himself since the refuge radio was broken . |
| 19 | ( ii ) The applicant will need to have the following experience : ( a ) Personally run at least 36 medical negligence cases over the previous 3 years ; and ( b ) had at least three cases set down and ready for trial in the three years prior to panel application . |
| 20 | All three drivers jumped down , each adjusting his muffler to make a narrow slit across his eyes . |
| 21 | But I knew that there were half a dozen eyes watching down their machine-guns . |
| 22 | It would be necessary , if the evidence were to be admitted under that doctrine , that the three conditions laid down in Ladd v. Marshall should be fulfilled . |
| 23 | Oh there was a tremendous variety , but then there were all the same in , erm you look at the er the three light fitting er it hangs down from the ceiling and has three branches out from it and it either has three lights hanging down or three hanging upwards , er with four ordinary bulbs in or candle bulbs in and shades , sometimes they have four , erm , there 's still an awful lot of those about and any lighting shop you look in you 'll still see plenty of those er and yet they 've got a tremendous number of disadvantages , one thing , a lot of them got glass shades , if you break one shade three year 's time you might as well throw away the fitting because you ca n't get another one er , and erm it 's a design that does n't , it does n't lend itself to giving a good lighting in a room at all er , it they , they harsh glassware , the edges of the glass during all round the room and that sort of thing |
| 24 | We were nevertheless off the ground in around an estimated 500 metres and the initial rate of climb at 90 knots settled down to around 1100 feet per minute . |
| 25 | The three friends sat down and enjoyed their favourite pastime — eyeing up the women in the theatre-bar . |
| 26 | The figure facing the monster is also horned and is thrusting his spear into a snake-like head , three arms droop down having been similarly despatched . |
| 27 | ( a ) With the concern for injuries this may afford protection to the catcher faced with two or three tacklers bearing down on him : |
| 28 | The three children went down to the station at the right time , dressed in their best clothes , and the Station Master came to meet them . |
| 29 | ‘ The Queen ! ’ said the second gardener suddenly , and at once , the three gardeners lay down flat on their faces . |
| 30 | The last three wickets went down quickly after lunch , Mallender bagging his fifth of the innings to complete a distinguished debut , and Pringle his third . |