Example sentences of "[conj] have [verb] down [art] " in BNC.

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1 Even if the black hole did emit the right kinds of particles , one could not tell if they were actually the same particles that had gone down the other hole .
2 And after as many tender words as he could think of , to try and lighten the load , to try and make it seem less of a confession , even to try and compensate for the shared and shaming confidence , he told Fergus that he had been responsible for the fire that had burned down the barn near Port Ann , fifteen years earlier .
3 Or bits that have gone down the wrong way ?
4 It means that you do n't get the good views of the Cove until you 've reached Malham Beck , but I think that it 's better doing the walk this way round than going at it clockwise and having to clamber down the scar .
5 Suddenly they met burnt chip contamination and had to shut down the production line , a major anxiety as they were producing to a tight schedule in a ‘ Just in time ’ situation .
6 Someone had played a trick on the young horseman and had put down a substance that was so obnoxious to the horses ' delicate sense of smell that they would not move .
7 And had put down the receiver before he could say anything at all .
8 ‘ When the Wolfkings rule , ’ he said , and Fenella remembered Nuadu Airgetlam all over again and had to bite down the ache of loss .
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