Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] down [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rules laid down in a statute would be less flexible . |
| 2 | Outside them , by an open area and a covered section , a small flight of steps led down to a low outbuilding which faced the open area . |
| 3 | The main entrance was on a small , dusty square grandly named Campo San Pietro , while , at the rear , steps led down to a canal and a private landing-stage for the guests arriving by water-taxi . |
| 4 | The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly as the marchers and their supporters wind down after a hard day . |
| 5 | I think erm that sometimes the fact that children have moved to a school where they have a timetable which has got subjects written down on a piece of paper , and the fact that they bring homework back with them and parents can see work in exercise books , sometimes that acts as a kind of reassurance to parents that something is going on which they recognise as education . |
| 6 | Most of the groceries came down from a grand shop in London but she 'd order perishable goods from her brother and then send a servant to complain of the quality . |
| 7 | Potted shrubs of sombre green flanked a flight of broad , shallow rockfoam steps leading down to a doorway covered by thick curtains of the darkest purple . |
| 8 | There 's an underground thing — you know , steps going down to a station , so I go down there and wander around for a bit . |
| 9 | Moving away from the terrace , broad steps drop down past a rose and herb bed edged with low growing box to the first lawn level , which would make an ideal play area . |
| 10 | With an intensity comparable to the devastating bombardment of February 21st , the heavy German shells rained down on a French division of mediocre calibre , the 67th , whose experience of this kind of thing had so far been limited to second-hand accounts from across the river . |
| 11 | His face was sallow , his lips curled down in a perpetual sulk . |
| 12 | She 'd expected a steady upward climb , but suddenly the tunnel dipped and steps went down beside a white race of water . |
| 13 | Film advertising ideas are usually presented to clients in the form of a storyboard — eight or more drawn pictures pasted down on a board with the written commentary set out beneath . |
| 14 | As informational flows become less structured , so the water-tight internal divisions of institutions break down into a plethora of working parties and task groups with constantly shifting personnel . |
| 15 | Bluetits may be famous for having figured out how to remove the silver foil caps from our early morning milk bottles , to find a creamy delight beneath , but I remember watching with amusement as one of our local bluetits swooped down upon a friend 's Mercedes sports car parked in our driveway and perseveringly attempted to remove the central silver disc from the Mercedes logo on the front bonnet . |
| 16 | In hibernating animals , the body temperature falls much further , to just above freezing , while heartbeat and all the other bodily functions slow down to a barely perceptible pace . |
| 17 | High , frescoed ceilings looked down on a marble floor worn smooth over the centuries . |
| 18 | The Inspirals settle down for a night 's kip on the 800 mile drive up to the moonlit coast to Seattle for tomorrow 's gig . |
| 19 | For bed a roadside ditch in the summer , a barn or hay-loft in the winter was all he sought , while for food and drink a farmer 's wife never begrudged him the plate of bread and potatoes washed down by a mug of tay . |
| 20 | We have er , my parents sat down with a the group of the family there |
| 21 | I had some notes jotted down on a card somewhere , but I quickly went off them and chatted about whatever seemed interesting . |
| 22 | Ruza Glavas , who was mourning a victim of war , became a target herself as six mortar bombs rained down on a Sarajevo cemetery . |
| 23 | For it is the hydrogen bonding ability of the existing chain that determines the sequence of bases laid down in a growing chain of genetic material . |
| 24 | They grew unofficially , here and there , interspersed with beech — which shed its leaves like autumn in the spring , willows , the ballerinas of the forest in a permanent static pirouette , their white seeds drifting down in a slow shower against the blue sky , and the tireless gorse , the popping of its seeds breaking the silence of high summer . |
| 25 | Within the broad categories of usage above , the applications broke down into a wide range of tasks . |
| 26 | The Duchess of Kent and 60 guests sat down to a delicious fish meal while patients had to make do with quiche or ham salad . |
| 27 | Written excavation records once consisted of observations written down in a notebook , but nowadays most archaeologists use printed forms , or even a series of forms , which are filled in to record the evidence not covered by the drawn and photographic records . |
| 28 | To his annoyance he found that the Treasurer 's office was now completely empty except for the four telephones set down in a row on the bare boards of the floor . |
| 29 | As compensation for Polly 's keeping the house , Preston had received the sum of twenty thousand pounds to put down on a small flat . |
| 30 | Following this resolution the delegates settled down to a paper by Professor Charles Kerney from Indiana ( Vice-president of the American Association of the Deaf ) which was read by A M Sleight ( the President 's son and headmaster of the Brighton Institute in succession to his grandfather ) and interpreted to the deaf by J W Dawson . |