Example sentences of "[verb] down [prep] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These readjustments , carried out between June and August , laid down in outline the areas where Richard was to be active for the rest of the reign . |
| 2 | These readjustments , carried out between June and August , laid down in outline the areas where Richard was to be active for the rest of the reign . |
| 3 | He rose , flashing down at Harry the easy , sidelong smile of a born conspirator . |
| 4 | Peter would like it ; poor Peter , who had broken down in bed the night before , and wept that he had failed her , failed her as well as — but he could n't actually articulate that . |
| 5 | Cottle obliged his impractical friends with his habitual amused indulgence , and having sent Coleridge ‘ all that he had required , and more ’ , rode down to Clevedon the following day to pay his respects in person . |
| 6 | A great remedy in croup for sensitive children who have been exposed to cold air or dry cold winds and have come down with croup the following morning ( see also Aconite and Spongia particularly ) ; worse ( < ) morning and evening . |
| 7 | He had come down from Oxford a few months ago obsessed with the idea of social service . |
| 8 | After slowly cooling down to 37°C a complete restriction was performed with Xba I ( 2 h , 5 U , Gibco BRL ) . |
| 9 | He had questioned Ashenden in detail for several minutes about the crucial phone call with Kemp , and asked him to write down in dialogue-form the exchanges as far as he could recall them . |
| 10 | Felipe had gone before Maggie came down for breakfast the next day . |
| 11 | When we came down to breakfast the other guests were so absorbed in some news in the morning papers that they forgot the usual ragging of newlyweds . |
| 12 | I came down to earth a bit when Harry Enfield came on to thunderous applause . |
| 13 | When a German ‘ plane was shot down near Roxton the sergeant navigator who survived was brought in as a patient and I assisted with his reception . |
| 14 | From Sigriswil the road leads down to Gunten an attractive lakeside resort facing the Niesen across the lake , with very active sailing and windsurfing schools . |
| 15 | Once you come into contact with the other side you can drop down into command the individual tanks and engage in fast armoured conflict — the controls here do take some getting used to , although you can opt to assign either the driving or firing to the computer . |
| 16 | ‘ Labour will introduce a new Railway Act that will lay down in law the broad policy objectives that we expect BR to meet , ’ he told the Centre for Local Economic Strategies in Sheffield . |
| 17 | These days PCs are to be had for half that price , which has dragged down in turn the prices obtainable for software . |
| 18 | But before the idea is condemned out of hand , let us remember that the price of petrol has just been brought down by 18p a gallon . |
| 19 | My friend Kevin , muscleman and minicab driver , says the lads would be out rioting for Willy now if it was n't tipping down with rain the whole time . |
| 20 | Despite the fact that the 486 based PC 's are gradually coming down in price the evidence suggests that the 386 is still the preferred entry level machine . |
| 21 | The day glows phosphorescently ; snow is coming down in chunks the size of a young child 's hand . |
| 22 | ‘ I flew down to Cherbourg the day before yesterday and drove out to the Château . |
| 23 | This church took the old name of St. Lawrence and served the people of Upper Halling until October 21st 1971 , when it was officially closed , being finally pulled down on Friday the 10th May 1974 . |
| 24 | Mark Ilott was in the original 12 , yet when Alan Igglesden broke down at practice the day before the match , they not only called up Phillip DeFreitas , they also played him in front of Ilott . |
| 25 | It was ironical that Adam , who was the owner of that big house and all that land and the contents of the house , nevertheless went down to Nunes the second time with less than a fiver in his pocket . |
| 26 | By the time we turn down to Mississippi the forests are beginning to hiss . |
| 27 | Prices steadied and ended the day largely unchanged after November traded down to £677 a tonne , the lowest for 14 years . |
| 28 | Knowing as he does that his uncle has to hold down by discipline a crew with an unusual number of criminals and malcontents , he is still disturbed by the flogging of Jesse Broad and Joyce and the masthead punishment of Thomas Fox . |
| 29 | The process takes a little time to grasp but very soon you will quickly put down on paper a series of " main points " . |
| 30 | ‘ In our close work with P&G , ’ said John Sutton , ‘ we have put down on paper an understanding by both of us of what the customer expects and what we can adhere to . ’ |