Example sentences of "[verb] down at [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I am a little surprised , Dr Neil , ’ said McAllister prim again , but managing to sneak another biscuit — she really did feel hungry and breakfast would not be served until Matey came down at about seven-thirty — ‘ that you have seen fit to buy it . ’
2 It is believed that before his death Claud ‘ Hamish ’ Hamilton had shot down at least five aircraft over Malta .
3 ‘ Practically the only good thing which can be said about the patronage system , ’ said the Archdeacon , ‘ is that it prevents dioceses selling off or pulling down at least some few of their beautiful buildings . ’
4 Killion raced down at almost three times the German 's speed , and saw his shots plucking and smashing at the lumbering fuselage .
5 I maintained my height over this , diving the extra off , rounded out and touched down at about 250 metres into the field .
6 Argentinian anti-aircraft fire had brought down at least one Harrier pilot before the gun barrels were depressed and turned against the Paras .
7 ‘ So , ’ Leith swallowed down at least four contradictions she could have lobbed at him , and queried sarcastically instead , ‘ what would you like to talk about ? ’
8 Because crossing the stitches causes some resistance you will need to knit a few rows , then ladder down at least one stitch at both sides of the number of stitches marked for cabling .
9 The 25 telephone lines , which will be manned constantly , must shut down at 10.30pm sharp .
10 Now if you just press the return key a couple of times right , and have a lot of actual and fitted , if you go into option three in the data post depression menu you will notice that the fit of our model is very very different right , so we are now getting a very very good correspondence between actual and fitted , notice that in our original model the thing started to break down at about nineteen thirty , right , just by allowing the intercept to vary , right , over the wartime we 've now got a much better fit throughout the whole period why is that the case ?
11 Write down at least one unsupportable or subjective statement made about each member of this family of five people .
12 Write down at least one unsupportable or subjective statement made about each member of this family of five people .
13 Write down at least one .
14 Abdi Aden Ibrahim , a Somali driver , said rioters near the US embassy told him that troops there had gunned down at least six people .
15 Abdi Aden Ibrahim , a Somali driver , said rioters near the US embassy told him that troops there had gunned down at least six people .
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