Example sentences of "down several " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hard to be sure about the year the photograph was taken , since the monuments of both Pahlavis were pulled down several times , whenever the occasion presented itself to the people . ’ |
| 2 | He turned down several questions concerning his past activities on the Continent , saying they could affect 16 current libel actions . |
| 3 | The present Type 22s , such as HMS Broadsword and Brilliant , which shot down several Argentinian aircraft with Seawolf missiles , have long been criticised for their puny armament . |
| 4 | In some places the peat was only a few feet deep whereas in others it went down several yards . |
| 5 | He had been let down several times , they had done all sorts of things without asking him , and sometimes he only found out what they 'd been up to when the papers rang for comment . |
| 6 | They 've turned down several lucrative offers to reform in the past , but feel that now is the time for fans outside London to get a chance to see them in the flesh . ’ |
| 7 | He said relationships between inspectors and schools have broken down several times . |
| 8 | Tired , too : she lay awake at night , thinking , and came down several mornings so pale that Auntie Lou wanted to go to the chemist and buy her a tonic . |
| 9 | He had to put it down several times . |
| 10 | He told her to fetch a pencil and paper and when she brought them scribbled down several sentences in capital letters . |
| 11 | Today , while Maudie was filling a grocery order to the delivered by hand , he had decided to amuse him self by trying to clamber up the shelves , and succeeded in pulling down several tins of treacle . |
| 12 | Here I cut down several of the largest trees with my knife , and made two wooden boxes . |
| 13 | The wind and rain beat down on me , and I fell down several times , but finally I arrived at a long , low house , standing rather isolated in the middle of the moor . |
| 14 | Out in the country again , they walked down several small roads until finally they stopped at a house surrounded by a high wall . |
| 15 | Going down several inches I came upon some links of chain . |
| 16 | Bernard was happy to drive up and down several times in a week , but Laura felt the need for a base . |
| 17 | It is thus apparent , as has been indicated elsewhere , that not all of the earthworks are contemporary with one another ; indeed , the basic outline of the settlement seems to have been determined by land divisions laid down several thousand years previously . |
| 18 | This is held over the blocked plug hole and worked up and down several times to force water down the waste pipe . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Vitor accepted the brimming tankard which she had poured and swallowed down several eager mouthfuls . |
| 21 | The controversial Middlesbrough operation closed down several weeks ago . |
| 22 | She should n't have to do that and she has narrowly avoided being knocked down several times herself . ’ |
| 23 | I mean these people , there 's things like throwing broken milk bottles , throwing milk bottles into peoples yards , removing bicycles , picking up my bicycle , as it happens , and throwing it down several times , erm going down the streets playing a sound system full volume at two o'clock in the morning , which generally left people feeling they did n't know what was happening . |