Example sentences of "down in " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She observes that the prisoner is following a prohibition laid down in the Old Testament , but that a rabbinical ruling had allowed Jews to eat in the camps on Yom Kippur in order to stay alive . |
| 2 | Faussone talks about ‘ the way we bent our elbows ’ — an expression ( for eating or drinking ) which I have heard spoken in English , but which I had never before seen written down in a book . |
| 3 | The re-establishment of the Irish language as the first official language of the state became the national policy of the Irish government under de Valera and has only toned down in recent years . |
| 4 | ‘ She put the old kite right down in the middle of the fairway . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's dead — dropped right down in the middle of the cake-tasting . |
| 6 | And there , on the third step , upside down in the corner by the wall , was Bunty 's other sandal — dainty lacy white straps with the arched instep and the two-inch heel hanging half off . |
| 7 | Ten people sat down in the dining-room at ‘ The Hollies ’ after partaking of a well-chosen sherry — a good Machamudo , Henry thought — in the drawing-room . |
| 8 | There , I tore off my apron and sat down in one of those ridiculously soft chairs you always find in such places . |
| 9 | It was a rather rickety affair that creaked embarrassingly when I sat down in it and ever after when I moved . |
| 10 | I ran down the pavement to get as far away from the hotel as I could , then I sat down in a doorway and continued crying . |
| 11 | Accordingly , when I arrived there , I settled down in a pew at the back and nodded off . |
| 12 | ‘ What sort of accommodation have you got in Harwich ? ’ she asked , as we went off to sit down in the lounge . |
| 13 | As song as you look after them , heavy soils will never let you down in a drought , will be naturally fertile and can be made to suit the widest range of plants . |
| 14 | Gears must be used more frequently with the extra weight of the loaded trailer , and it is important to change down in plenty of time to prevent having to brake fiercely . |
| 15 | Otherwise , if the wind is squally it may end up with the wrong wing down in a fierce cross wind . |
| 16 | Inevitably they come straight down in a few minutes looking rather sheepish ! |
| 17 | Do not waste valuable height trying to fathom out how to get down in an unsuitable field . |
| 18 | If it becomes obvious during the base leg or final turn that you are far too high to be able to get down in the chosen field , it is often possible to make an S-turn to use up some of the height . |
| 19 | Down in Tranent , which was somewhere near Edinburgh , and anything could have happened there — but old Donald had had this from Cameron himself , and he got newspapers by the carrier 's cart from Dunkeld — some miners had sworn not to serve , even if the King called on them , and the Volunteers had chased them into the cornfields and played havoc with their sabres … |
| 20 | A pale yellow lustre was growing low down in the east , making feathery silhouettes out of the black stands of trees along the bends in the river . |
| 21 | So the family settled down in its definitive shape : father , mother , daughter and son . |
| 22 | We settle ourselves down in a First Class cabin , lay our delicacies out on the table , open some wine and champagne , set the crayfish on to plates that do n't look paper , and eat , drink and devour vast quantities of pâté , hors d'oeuvre and champagne . |
| 23 | I do n't know about the Stanley No. 45 , but I just put my Record Multi-plane upside down in the vice and pass the wood over the ‘ sharp end ’ . |
| 24 | Set the iron plane well down in the vice so as not to obtain the plane cheeks , or else … ! |
| 25 | The foliage was achieved by allowing the cutter to run up and down in the timber . |
| 26 | He will not however go down in financial history as a great achiever , and it has to be said ( as recorded later in these pages ) that even under his leadership labour relations were far from perfect . |
| 27 | This early style of classical dance displayed the talents of each particular performer , therefore many rules were laid down in order to achieve perfection of movement . |
| 28 | Certainly in the class-room those from two feet to two feet only go straight up and down in all changements , soubresauts and entrechats with both legs fully extended at the height of the jump . |
| 29 | In fact there is little natural water hereabouts ; what there is usually disappears down cracks and fissures , tumbling down sunless waterfalls and on through subterranean channels to reappear some distance lower down in the valleys . |
| 30 | A much easier alternative is to come here on a summer bank holiday weekend , join the queue and be winched down in a bosun 's chair courtesy of various caving clubs . |