Example sentences of "[vb -s] down [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | this goes down each time until finally |
| 2 | But if it goes down that route , it will face some criticism from its members . |
| 3 | Yeah well she she sleeps she goes down some time between eight thirty and eleven . |
| 4 | He stands down this summer looking tired and weary after 20 years in office running a metropolis of ten million people which has a world-wide reputation for its crime , its gangs , its murders , its drugs , its violence , its riots , its burning streets . |
| 5 | ‘ My daughter lives down that way . |
| 6 | What happened to them was the not-so-mystery ailment that cuts down more pop stars than drugs or fast cars ever do : overwork . |
| 7 | Deleuze reverses Plato by validating this simulacrum of the good copy on the grounds that , precisely because it is a bad copy , it breaks down all adequation between copy and model , appearance and essence , event and Idea . |
| 8 | The inclusion of a joke , suitably disguised pupil howler or cartoon on a regular basis breaks down any heaviness in the letter . |
| 9 | Although we can specify types of people , e.g. computer scientists , typographers , editors , publishers , and more generally scientists versus humanists , much of the current technology breaks down these specializations . |
| 10 | It lays down that loyalty to the nation — and in established States , the State — ought to take priority over all other loyalties , including that to the family , and that the crime of disloyalty is treason , the punishment for which is frequently death ( that is , the nation has the power of life and death over its members ) . |
| 11 | The Patents Act 1977 lays down several requirements which must be satisfied before a patent can be granted and , furthermore , certain things are specifically excluded from patentability . |
| 12 | Doors shut , blinds down all day , gate locked , lease ended — ; I do not believe . |
| 13 | This study sets down some navigation buoys for the course between the Scylla of growing research costs , and the Charybdis of cuts in national science budgets . |
| 14 | As heat continues to be produced in the core , so air in the loft flows down these flues , drawn by the coolness of the cellar beneath . |
| 15 | When the mist comes down many areas like the Somerset Levels take on a sinister and unreal appearance |