Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] down a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Biochemistry , I see Mrs Hayman 's cholesterol has gone down a bit — Lizzie 's chest X-ray — haematology , Betty 's haemoglobin 's not too good — oh , the Hazell family 's tissue-typing results — ’ She gazed at them shaking her head sadly . |
| 2 | However , quite apart from the fact that such a statement does not accommodate cases of emergency — cases where the defendant 's unlawful conduct could , unless restrained , cause serious and irreparable harm before trial , as for example where the defendant threatens to cut down a tree in breach of a tree preservation order — in other cases it is usually not so much the flagrancy of the breach as the fact that the defendant intends to persist in offending unless restrained by an injunction , which justifies the invocation of that form of relief : see City of London Corporation v. Bovis Construction Ltd . |
| 3 | But our judge might be able to guarantee this by making plain that he intends the new rule to govern all future cases , and that the exception for Elmer was made possible only by the fact that no judge had laid down a similar rule before Elmer committed his crime . |
| 4 | The European Community has turned down a request from the British Government for nearly twenty-five million pounds to assist coal-mining regions affected by pit closures . |
| 5 | His business has gone down a third . |
| 6 | After 4 a.m. on the morning of the twenty-seventh the eruption appeared to die down a little , but the grandest moments were yet to come . |
| 7 | But now it 's not increasing as quickly , its gradient has come down a bit . |
| 8 | The suit seeks injunctive relief and monetary damages and the court has handed down a preliminary injunction forbidding sale of Axil 's Model 230 SparcStation 10 clone and a temporary restraining order on its Model 310 . |
| 9 | You can often see translucent curtain formations — where water has seeped down a sloping , overhanging wall . |
| 10 | If the ferret has fallen down a vertical hole within the burrow the line ferret , on approaching , may not necessarily do the same thing . |
| 11 | A green ( yes green ) tinged under-base or moisturiser helps to tone down a ruddy complexion . |
| 12 | The party had officially received less than 3 per cent of the votes in the April general election ( see p. 36603 ) , and before the poll Mestiri had turned down a proposal by the ruling RCD for a national coalition . |
| 13 | When a man has cut down a bamboo it becomes a straight pole with a cylindrical hole down the middle , but that is not how it appears in the wild . |
| 14 | The government has laid down a 20 per cent limit to stakes . |
| 15 | Another Greek has cut down a Trojan who falls under the handle , leading us to the other side . |
| 16 | So he r he disappeared from view and the man 'd quietened down a bit . |
| 17 | One contributor , reckoning that ‘ his ’ missile had shot down a Sandinista helicopter , pestered Channell for a piece of the wreckage as a souvenir . |
| 18 | Petrol 's gone down a bit . |
| 19 | In more recent years the controversy has died down a little , although it has still not ceased . |
| 20 | This means that British Coal has to shut down a large amount of its production capacity , and this they attempted last autumn . |
| 21 | His plane seemed to swoop down a straight slope until an abrupt crackle signalled the moment to pull out . |
| 22 | The analogy was drawn between the efficacy of geomorphic processes and that of a giant , a man and a dwarf attempting to cut down a forest . |
| 23 | Gone are the days when organisations automatically recruited new graduates irrespective of their degree topic on the basis that three years at university show that someone has the intelligence and application needed to hold down a job . |
| 24 | There was a big brown ring on this one , where a human had put down a cup . |
| 25 | The doctor had cut down a third . |
| 26 | And then if your blood pressure does go down a bit it does n't matter cos you 're lying down . |
| 27 | If this check is positive , the program proceeds to drop down a level and search the new sub-assembly checking the box coordinates of each part against the selected part as before . |
| 28 | Research also shows that many youngsters in residential care have experienced difficulties with schooling ; for example , over half of all boys in residential care have stayed down a class at least once . |
| 29 | Maggie was thankful that her heart had settled down a bit and was not now hammering in her chest like a wild bird . |
| 30 | He told Taylor , who appeared in the dock wearing a dark suit with a small teddy bear mascot on the breast pocket , that Parliament had laid down a maximum sentence of 10 years for an appropriate case and to deter those who took the law into their own hands . |