Example sentences of "[verb] down [prep] [art] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , he suggested that the principle of the exemption of the civilian population from being an intentional object of warfare had been so whittled down during the Second World War and in post-1945 treaties as to cease to offer reliable guidance except in the most unambiguous circumstances . |
| 2 | ‘ No more risque sketches and you 're to get everything toned down in the second half . ’ |
| 3 | A heron appears , flapping ponderously across the voe and drops down beside a second bird I have n't seen , which is standing motionless in the shallows . |
| 4 | Gloucester won 14 -3 and Nottingham dropped down to the second division … this time around the Kingsholm men are looking over their shoulders … but those relegation worries were eased last Saturday with that 18-6 win over London Irish … tonight it 's a club match no league points to be won or lost but Gloucester want every win they can get |
| 5 | ‘ We are going to build up the commitment to science , because if we carry on like the Tories are , Britain will be pushed down to the second or third division of industrial nations . |
| 6 | HAVING done all the hard work in bowling out for 158 a Bellville XI bolstered by four Western Province players , Scotland failed to score quickly enough in going down to a second defeat , by 13 runs , on their South African tour yesterday . |
| 7 | Where further notification is not given on the fourth day in accordance with the procedures laid down for the second stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP from the fourth day of absence for that reason only . |
| 8 | Could well go down as a second own goal of the match . |
| 9 | The Rothmans Honda team member broke his right leg in five places when he went down for a second time during the opening championship round on a wet Suzuka circuit . |
| 10 | A nail-biter that will have you chewing down to the second knuckle . |
| 11 | Never the most fluent of jumpers , she put in some unnecessarily extravagant leaps before settling down on the second circuit , but then met the final open ditch all wrong and deposited the hapless Mullins on the floor . |
| 12 | It was burned down on the second anniversary of the Falklands War . |
| 13 | He introduced Whitlock and Sabrina to Bailey who then sat down on the second black leather sofa and took a cigar from his pocket . |
| 14 | Kolchinsky sat down on the second chair and handed Philpott a brown packet . |
| 15 | ‘ We are going to build up the commitment to science because if we carry on like the Tories are , our country is going to be shoved down to the second or third division of modern industrial nations ’ . |