Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adv] [verb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the sun had shone , and the small church , massed with early daffodils , narcissi , hothouse lilies , was full to overflowing with guests in spite of the heavily whittled down list . |
| 2 | But one old boy over in B Wing was telling me that it 's like a fucking maze down there . |
| 3 | Some fifteen years ago , it was extended and now goes around the northern tip of the peninsula before turning south for a straight run down the west coast in bleak country , featureless except for the sad ruins of abandoned crofts yet relieved by glorious views across to Skye and the islands of the Inner Sound . |
| 4 | The example can be used to explore ideas such as a fast write down to offset the effects of uncertainty , the basis on which estimates are made , etc . |
| 5 | THE ROYALS could all do with a long lie down — on a psychiatrist 's couch , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 6 | She was not , at twenty-three , in the least cast down by either of these realizations . |
| 7 | Spenser 's A View of the Present State of Ireland was written during 1596 but because it advocated far more severe measures than Elizabeth 's government would tolerate it was not allowed to be published until 1633 when it appeared in a somewhat watered down version edited by Sir James Ware . |
| 8 | This pattern still persists in Finland , albeit in a much slimmed down and highly mechanised form , whereas the incorporation of Estonia into the Soviet Union in the 1940s was quickly followed by extensive collectivisation . |
| 9 | ‘ This latest project brings with it a new lease of life to a formerly run down area . |