Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The committee also turned down a request from batsman Philip Robinson , who declined a new contract with the county , to be classified as a ‘ non-contested ’ registration . |
| 2 | The crash also pushed down the output-capital ratio , by an average of one tenth , as excess capacity mounted . |
| 3 | Fears in the financial markets that government policy towards the pound was in disarray also drove down the currency 3.05 cents against the dollar to $1.5775 . |
| 4 | But the controller there took down the details incorrectly and sent an ambulance to Falkirk . |
| 5 | Whatever weight one attaches to each of these factors , the extent and pattern of accumulation undeniably drove down the rate of profit in the years before 1973 . |
| 6 | On opening the door and passing through the doorway the plaintiff immediately fell down a flight of steps and sustained injury . |
| 7 | Ad hoc alliances of green organizations take place from time to time , and at the end of 1988 Greenpeace , Friends of the Earth and the World Wide Fund for Nature jointly threw down a ‘ green gauntlet ’ to the government , urging it to turn propaganda about the environment into action . |
| 8 | It proved so effective that Wedgwood 's QC suddenly threw down the gauntlet to those he had continually derided as the ‘ united aesthetes ’ saying , ‘ If you are so sure you can save this building , buy it yourselves for £1 . ’ |
| 9 | She transferred the Beretta from her shoulder holster to her anorak pocket then moved down the row of freight cars , checking for the serial number which corresponded with the one Teufel had written down for her . |
| 10 | In Edinburgh , on 3 December 1557 , the earls of Argyll , Glencairn and Morton , Argyll 's son lord Lorne and John Erskine of Dun made a bond whose text dramatically threw down the gauntlet . |
| 11 | The man now walked down the central aisle and halted beside the projector , where he turned and spoke . |
| 12 | The Bank also laid down the requirements for its own operations in the market : |
| 13 | One member of this party almost vanished down a hidden disused mineshaft on the walkout , thankfully managing to stop himself in time from going the distance ! |