Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [vb pp] [verb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even in the last year , barriers have come tumbling down , ’ says Miss Joynson-Hicks . |
| 2 | Some countries have tried to slow down the exodus by insisting that players can not leave before a certain age , usually 28 , or until they have completed their national service . |
| 3 | In autumn when the plants have begun to die down naturally the perennials should have their flowered stems cut off at ground level , if not already done , and annuals should be dug up and put for compost . |
| 4 | VANDALS have tried to cut down the tree which has become a shrine to rock star Marc Bolan . |
| 5 | As a corollary , AI-workers have tended to play down the importance of neurophysiological knowledge about the brain . |
| 6 | ‘ Over the years , too many players have felt let down by him through his strong allegiance to the manager — it is a stigma that will not go away . |
| 7 | The Department of Transport , the advertising industry and the police have combined to crack down on this menace which is still responsible for so much carnage and misery . |
| 8 | Police have managed to track down 30 people who were in the town centre when the attack occurred , but admit witnesses are proving difficult to find . |
| 9 | One by one , the royal marriages have come crashing down — Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips divorced , the Duke and Duchess of York separated and now Prince Charles and Princess Diana 's marriage is exposed as a sham . |
| 10 | In return for the aid , the Bulgarian authorities have agreed to close down the plant 's four 440-megawatt pressurized water reactors , which lack containment facilities to enclose them in case of an accident , as soon as financially possible , perhaps by 1998 . |
| 11 | The Japanese authorities have tried to play down its importance . |
| 12 | BOGOTA ( Reuter ) — Colombia 's M-19 guerrillas have agreed to lay down their arms and form a political party , taking two steps envisaged by a peace accord signed with the government . |
| 13 | I said well I 'll be quite honest mate , there 's two hundred people working in this factory and I said , if you think that e all the charge hands and the supervisors have got to come down and roll up you lot to get the job done I said you turn round and you think if you was in business , whatever it is you like to do , if you 're in business and you 've got an order and that order 's got ta be out by six o'clock tonight and you 've got ta grovel to your workers otherwise you 'd lose that order , I said what would you say ? |