Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] down on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 11 a.m. the bombardment intensified to the point where Campana could count the shells raining down on two neighbouring companies at a rate of five a minute . |
| 2 | Straggling columns of federal infantrymen and their local militia allies advanced unopposed on the suburbs of Visegrad as shells rained down on Muslim positions . |
| 3 | He had more cream on his hair than the Scottish Dairies , and sidelocks swooping down on either side of a pasty jowl . |
| 4 | Well the first thing is to make sure that the magistrates and the police use their licencing powers to crack down on illegal drinking , that is to say under age drinking , and to crack down on unruly pubs and the hours that discos are open and that 's beginning to happen . |
| 5 | Fluorescent lights shone down on dull red rubbery floors , making a pinkish reflection on the walls , and at intervals the passages were interrupted by semitransparent plastic flapping doors , like valves in a vein . |
| 6 | Maybe I 'm an owl , watching the other owls screech down on helpless little mice , but I wo n't forsake my vegetarian principles . |
| 7 | We 've er , he 's just been getting all the photos stuck down on those cards . |
| 8 | Examples of marks turned down on these grounds are : HUNTSMAN — earlier mark SPORTSMAN ( both cherry brandy ) An application showing a picture of three pigs was refused because of a prior word mark THREE PIGS BRAND ( bacon ) |
| 9 | The force of the blast was such that skylights were blown in , and boiling hot mud and ashes rained down on those below decks , killing many and scalding others . |