Example sentences of "[coord] be [v-ing] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July he slipped away by train to Dire Dawa and my father wrote despondently to the Foreign Office : " Lij Yasu , during his three months ' stay in Addis Ababa , has succeeded in destroying even the semblance of central government and is dragging down the prestige of individual ministers so that there is no authority to whom the Legation can appeal . " |
| 2 | The newly opted-out hospital trust is trying to close Casualty and is running down the wards of the Mile End branch of the Royal London Hospital , which has been serving the East End well since 1858 . |
| 3 | In a minute she had rushed from the house and was running down the garden . |
| 4 | Denied its usual egress , the river had burst its banks and was pouring down the fire-ravaged streets . |
| 5 | Everton got off to good start but are slipping down the table … |