Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] down a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the legacy of the previous form of uneven development based in the sectoral spatial division of labour ( high levels of unemployment from previously dominant sectors which had overwhelmingly employed men ) which provided the conditions ( regional policy grants , a ‘ green ’ , female labour force anxious for paid employment ) which attracted in this new form of economic activity and laid down a new form of uneven development . |
| 2 | She opened the door and gazed down a splendid vista of reception rooms that opened out one into the next , which Buzz had learned was typical of grand French houses . |
| 3 | FORTY-FIVE people were killed last night when an excursion coach careered off a Spanish motorway and plunged down a steep embankment . |
| 4 | They scrambled from the police car and headed down a narrow alleyway , their hands resting lightly on their sheathed batons . |
| 5 | And the people who were farming Blind Beck at the time killed a pig and sent down a lovely pork pie to us . |
| 6 | And got heavier as they left the small station and straggled down a steep , cinder path . |
| 7 | His mind a careful blank , he reached to the shelf over it and took down a small plastic bag . |
| 8 | He went to the far kitchen wall and took down a large hanging scales . |
| 9 | He walked over to one of the shelves in the end wall and took down a large box-file . |
| 10 | Finally she turned and disappeared down a short flight of stairs . |
| 11 | Suddenly I awoke , inspired , and jotted down a complete Constitution for Ireland . |
| 12 | He flew a meteor in 1944 and shot down a German doodlebug flying bomb . |
| 13 | She seemed to have got her act together and held down a steady job as a capstan lathe operator in a local tool factory . |