Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] down [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has one hand over Andy 's face , clamped tight ; his head is turned away from me , red hair fallen down over one ear . |
| 2 | Dustin , with darkened eyebrows , oily black hair smoothed down on either side of a central parting , dark sunglasses and Italian gestures , wastes much of his talent in this frenzied , intermittently funny satire on Italian customs . |
| 3 | My staff and I welcome the opportunity to sit down with local exporters and importers to offer not only our own expertise but to provide the link to the truly international help that is available . |
| 4 | Thus tree rings are differentiated by the types , density and size of cell laid down at different times of the year ; varves by the gradation in particle size resulting from sedimentation of debris released into rivers and carried to lakes by the annual melt of glaciers ; and ice core layers by differences in dust content and acidity . |
| 5 | The report says that the site does not meet the criterion laid down in 1976 by the Institute of Geological Sciences for the disposal of radioactive waste , which requires the hydrogeology of a site to be " simple and determinable " . |
| 6 | We do most humbly refer our cause and ourselves to the Goodness of your Honor and the Company beseeching you to consider favourably of our unfeigned hindrance beside the great loss of our own stock laid down on these mines . |
| 7 | French Professor stands down from British transplant centre |
| 8 | The boat came down between two waves , and Grace quickly got her oars out . |
| 9 | ‘ My Enrico , he is covered with blood looking down on pretty Lisa , lying on her bed of blood . |
| 10 | The USGA have made clear their intention to crack down on slow play at Baltusrol and Langer believes he is not one of the worst offenders . |
| 11 | White our colour , the colour of limbo : white sands , white rocks , a white light pouring down from all sides . |
| 12 | Such research is necessary for understanding the mental processes involved in object recognition ; how object recognition may develop ; and , how such recognition breaks down in certain cases of brain damage . |
| 13 | The light flooded down from five roundels high up on the far long side , as though in a cathedral clerestory . |
| 14 | ‘ Meanwhile , the other watcher races down to Far Field and tells me . |
| 15 | Windows can have their heat loss cut down by double glazing and , in the US by storm windows , but it is expensive . |
| 16 | Rather , supporters tend to wait until the seemingly inevitable lapse of concentration in defence before expecting the side to get down to serious business . |
| 17 | you u u use your brain a bit more , see now if er they used to come to me , my brother was one , he 'd come to me and he 'd say , right I 've got a heavy lift , so will you come up here and sling it for me but we had to put the slings round the heavy lift , say , I say right I 'll come up and another time we had a railway carriage come down like that 'll be shipped abroad , old railway carriage . |
| 18 | This pattern has also had a stitch laddered down at each side which was then picked up , but as before , sometimes the dropped stitches can be left if they do not show . |
| 19 | Consumer pressure is now being put upon the food industry to cut down on such doctoring of foods and , at the same time , to provide quality durable produce . |
| 20 | The DSS is taking action to cut down on big mortgages being paid by the taxpayer . |
| 21 | It said that far too many teachers had the perception that unless they followed the good practice set down by local authority advisers , their career prospects in the city would be blighted . |
| 22 | Pursuant to the Practice Direction ( Transfer of Action ) [ 1991 ] WLR 643 ( see para 1.35 ) , every action set down under automatic directions will be examined within seven days by a master to determine whether a transfer should be considered . |
| 23 | As she drove home by all the familiar back roads that shortened the distance to Kileady , the shopping euphoria dropped down into black anxiety . |
| 24 | However , because all the seismic stations have been placed on the near side the wave speeds down to this depth only reliably apply to the near side . |
| 25 | The 1947 Electricity Act laid down in some detail procedures for matters such as capital authorisations from the Ministry and the relative spheres of interest of Central Authority and Area Boards , but on the major questions of business policy the industry had a relatively free hand , subject only to a requirement to consult the Minister on matters of broad policy . |
| 26 | Applying the test laid down by Best J , a covenant by a surety securing the performance of a tenant 's covenants in a lease satisfies it . |
| 27 | There is no potable water , except what you carry with you , and the equatorial sun beats down with fierce intensity . |
| 28 | MORTGAGE lenders sparked a storm yesterday by launching a campaign to crack down on crooked lawyers who run off with £20 million a year . |
| 29 | The Royal Society for Nature Conservation this week launched a campaign to crack down on so-called ‘ thirsty buildings ’ to make more water available for rivers and wetlands . |
| 30 | The mill burned down in 1791 . |