Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] down at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Widely known for his anti-Maastricht politics , Fillon says that he wants to avoid ‘ getting bogged down at the EC level … whose cumbersome procedures put a damper on the research community ’ . |
| 2 | In the classical theory of general relativity one can not predict how the universe would have begun because all the known laws of science would have broken down at the big bang singularity . |
| 3 | She must have looked down at the dog , and seen the blood stain and the tear on his trouser . |
| 4 | His work led to the celebrated equation which bears his name , an equation which can be found written down at the start of every book on quantum mechanics . |
| 5 | They all stared at me wide-eyed and continued to stand and stare even after I had sat down at the table . |
| 6 | With a veiled smile he had glanced down at the locket . |
| 7 | As an overall thing we probably take about a hundred and fifty phone calls every day from policy holders , and I suppose out of that you I suppose you people that have n't erm have broken down at the side of the road will ring up or something . |