Example sentences of "[v-ing] down in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Many mujaheddin leaders were reported to be abroad and it was thought that Mujjaddedi , leader of the smallest mujaheddin group as well as of an influential Sufi brotherhood , was trying to delay stepping down in the hope that on their return they would support his continuation in office . |
| 2 | On reconnaissance nights , the submarine had to use precious hours of moonless darkness while she charged her batteries before trimming down in the water with her saddle-tanks just awash , the slight swell breaking occasionally over the casing . |
| 3 | Take the heat out by having cool showers ( use a water-resistant suncream if you 're cooling down in the pool ) and use an aftersun lotion to ease the tingling and to stop your skin drying out . |
| 4 | His hearty voice was soon familiar to and popular with many thousands of listeners up and down the west coast and he invariably ended his broadcasts with a special Good-Night wish to a different section of the community each evening , such as to June brides , to lighthouse keepers ‘ out there in the dark ’ , or to all dentists who might be ‘ looking down in the mouth ’ . |
| 5 | He 'd probably never been to Brixton before — I could tell that from the way he was sinking down in the back of Armstrong the farther along Effra Road we got . |
| 6 | But I did see black guillemots swimming down in the bay , and a gully full of boulders where they probably nest . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ They just used to crawl around in swamps and stuff , and all they breathed was stink , ’ said Hrun , lying down in the bunk . |
| 8 | I do n't recall ever seeing a big beardy climber lying down in the heather having a tantrum , or a party of Outward Bound students holding their heads and crying into their gaiters , so one is forced to conclude that I am alone in my hill hysteria . |
| 9 | A little later we saw another cow and then through my glasses I picked up a bull lying down in the distance . |
| 10 | I think all that stuff is just lying down in the face of the mass media . |
| 11 | From this distance Bourke says he was unable to contact Blake by radio and therefore he would drive to Old Oak Common Lane , park his car and then walk across Old Oak Common with his radio to a point dose to the north side of the prison from where he could re-establish contact , lying down in the grass so that he would not be seen . |
| 12 | No it 's not the soap in that box is lying down in the coal hole . |
| 13 | We sent reporter Patsi Mackenzie to find out how the Gaelic 's going down in the heart of Lanarkshire . |
| 14 | Going down in the lift which was uncrowded because it was still early for lunch Maxim said : ‘ I think he just wants to put his hand on your knee — in a purely uncle-ly fashion . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ And are you still going down in the starsuit ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ And are you still going down in the starsuit ? ’ |
| 17 | She was squatting down in the photograph and Sabrina estimated her to have been a little over five feet with a slender petite figure and a pale , milky complexion . |
| 18 | There were reports during January that the Rome accord , the partial ceasefire negotiated on Dec. 1 , 1990 , to cover the Beira and Limpopo corridors , was breaking down in the face of persistent attacks by the rebel Mozambique National Resistance ( MNR or Renamo ) . |
| 19 | ‘ We are already putting more money into free travel for the blind since the previously consistent approach to concessionary fares by borough councils started breaking down in the face of financial pressures ’ , he added . ’ |
| 20 | United to continued to prove to press forward but found their moves breaking down in the visitor 's penalty area . |
| 21 | And in fact prices would seem now to be levelling off somewhat throughout the country , slowing down in the North and levelling off at the current levels in the South . |
| 22 | The slowing down in the world industrial economy in the 1970s changed the whole environment in which many firms worked . |
| 23 | First , the re-study noted a marked slowing down in the rate of change , partly because there was little left to change , particularly in the arable areas . |
| 24 | SIR , — In not accepting our explanation ( May 15 , p 1286 ) for the difference between the November , 1988 , and January , 1990 , forecasts for AIDS incidence in England and Wales — namely , a slowing down in the rate of transmission of HIV among homosexual men — Professor Stewart ( p 1287 ) states that we are not reading the data correctly . |
| 25 | If the money supply is not expanded sufficiently to meet this demand , interest rates will rise , this in turn will discourage some investment and so contribute to the slowing down in the growth of output and eventually lead to the upper turning-point . |
| 26 | so those houses were all sandbagged , but it , it got into some , the problem was that the , the road closed sign kept blowing down in the wind , I tried to stand it up but it was oh so heavy , I got it up , but it , it immediately blew down again , and |
| 27 | ‘ Coming down in the middle of the night like that probably muddled the hell out of them . |
| 28 | and it went up into those they were coming down in the minibus and er we stopped so the I ca n't remember where we stopped . |
| 29 | On our way upstairs we met a gentleman coming down in the dark . |
| 30 | When she spoke to the old maid , she told her that she would be coming down in the morning . |