Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] down by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Homoeopathy can be very satisfying if you do not get worried or weighed down by the ‘ burden ’ of finding a remedy . |
| 2 | It seemed to Preston that if you avoided being stabbed to death by terror gangs , you stood an even chance of being burned to death by sudden conflagration , or pushed on to the live line by a psychopath lurking among the rush-hour crowds , or struck down by a heart attack brought on by the extreme rage and frustration of trying to understand a platform announcement . |
| 3 | I was determined it was at the burn that came down by the distillery at the edge of the town . |
| 4 | In such a universe , in which the expansion was accelerated by a cosmological constant rather than slowed down by the gravitational attraction of matter , there would be enough time for light to travel from one region to another in the early universe . |
| 5 | With full combat kit , helmet , rifle and webbing , and weighed down by a thirty-five pound rucksack , we set off on a run . |
| 6 | In gale force winds , and weighed down by a camera around her neck , she just missed bringing us back a prize but she managed to capture some winning shots . |
| 7 | Then he went quiet and knelt down by the redhead . |
| 8 | Marie squints like she 's hurt herself and squats down by the chair . |
| 9 | A group of sports fans are claiming they were overcharged and let down by a tour operator who sold them tickets to the Olympic Games . |
| 10 | The five ancestors are generally regarded as the sole survivors of the Shaolin temple after it was sacked and burned down by the Ching emperor 's army . |
| 11 | With an elaborate sigh he unravelled his legs and stood up , crossing the room and squatting down by a pine dresser . |
| 12 | Application 02/91/0180 for a residential development on this land was made by the Land and Properties Sub-Committee , and turned down by the Planning Committee on 4th April 1991 . |
| 13 | She eased herself out of the lounger and plopped down by the edge of the swimming-pool and plunged her aching foot , bandage and all , into the cool water . |
| 14 | He had his back to me , so I just sneaked in and hid down by the side of the dresser . |
| 15 | With the slaughter of the king , the English turned and ran , pursued and hunted down by the knights . |
| 16 | After Muir of Ord JTR got off the train at Conon Station as did I , and walked down by the river to sketch from the Telford bridge of 1809 now replaced by a modern version built in 1969 . |
| 17 | He was sick of the sound of keys and worn down by the slicing pain . |
| 18 | Within his own country , he is not so much a Leviathan as a Gulliver figure hemmed in and tied down by a complex network of restraints that must be thrown off if he is to be more than a helpless giant in the White House . |
| 19 | I reach the lower patio where the garden furniture stands by the side of the tarpaulin-covered pool and crouch down by the ghostly perforated shape of the cast-iron bench . |
| 20 | The sentences may be written on the blackboard and copied down by the learners . |
| 21 | Waiting and watching down by the shops — |
| 22 | As the survivors are air-lifted to safety by helicopter , the badly wounded Elias is seen being pursued and shot down by the North Vietnamese , his outstretched arms at the moment of death consciously evoking the Crucifixion . |
| 23 | I sit there going ‘ Mmm' ’ and ‘ Mmm ? '' at appropriate moments and greedily noting your every twitch and shudder down by the pool . |
| 24 | Vigo did n't press him but poured a glass of Manzanilla for himself and sat down by the window . |
| 25 | I stumbled away from the caravans and sat down by the hedge to wait for Tumbleweed . |
| 26 | He sighed with relief , and sat down by the bed to keep watch . |
| 27 | Jed took off his hat and sat down by the fire . |
| 28 | They went in and sat down by the fire . |
| 29 | The publisher who suffers an adverse judgment is not the only victim : the decision echoes down the corridors of the common law , until shouted down by the European Court or the British Parliament . |
| 30 | There was a schoolboy excitement about it , but weighed down by the heavy , weird atmosphere of the frozen Gulf . |