Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] down the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stoddart quotes a great number of opinions on this subject : it seems that some authorities think that they may have been caused by a fall in sea level which meant that the reef flat became a barrier to water movement , so that surf became channelled down the outer edge of the algal ridge as it returned to the sea ; alternatively the spur and groove system may be the most effective form of baffle for dissipating wave energy and is caused by reef-building corals forming the spurs — the grooves , once formed , may of course be accentuated by scouring . |
| 2 | She 'd turned down the only chance she had had . |
| 3 | And Joanna had sped down the outer stairway , crying and joyous at once . |
| 4 | Ian MacDonald and he had stripped down the old wreck and searched junk yards for spare parts . |
| 5 | Methodism had broken down the old geographical barriers so that now nearly all areas had their Nonconformists . |
| 6 | The youngster had fallen down the steep embankment on the Colchester side of the station , injuring her back and legs , and was unable to move . |
| 7 | Within days of the settlement Mass Observation reported widespread shame ‘ that we had let down the whole tradition of England 's pledges for honesty , fair play and resistance to threats . ’ |
| 8 | There were still old parts of Bucharest surviving despite the bulldozers of Ceausescu which had torn down the old to build huge concrete cubes . |
| 9 | Manager Trevor Francis confirmed yesterday that he had turned down the huge offer from Toulon . |
| 10 | Material things they had in plenty , and though they had moved to cheaper housing she could not actually remember feeling that they had moved down the social ladder at all . |
| 11 | It was reported on Aug. 1 that the Albanian government had closed down the Albanian State Bank 's foreign exchange department after losses totalling $170,000,000 were disclosed in the department 's foreign exchange trading since 1988 . |
| 12 | Five minutes later he had slithered down the sandy cliffs , a mug of tea slopping in each hand . |
| 13 | On Friday night after he had pulled down the blind Dan Salmon handed over five sovereigns to Charlie along with several wafers of matzos . |
| 14 | Long before that — at least as early as 1775 — the courts had laid down the general principle of law that a person can not bring an action based on his own wrong ( ex turpi causa non oritur actio ) . |
| 15 | Although the Treaty of Rome had laid down the fundamental freedom of movement of workers ( Arts 48 – 51 ) and the right of establishment in any economic activity across all member states , a succession of secondary legislation has been required to give concrete form to these principles . |
| 16 | The reform was designed to reduce the linguistic tensions in Belgium , which had brought down the previous Martens coalition in 1987 [ see pp. 34892 ; 35489 ] . |
| 17 | Fluttering rags revealed where Ace 's and Johannsen 's blaster fire had cut down the black-robed enemy personnel . |
| 18 | Even if the black hole did emit the right kinds of particles , one could not tell if they were actually the same particles that had gone down the other hole . |
| 19 | By 10.30 he had gone down the full length of the corridor that ran past his office and he had then spent two and a half hours in H3 's laboratory . |
| 20 | He had run down the long corridors to the lounge and arrived just as the shuttle passengers were disembarking . |
| 21 | Remember that he says he then , in his fright at what he had done , went to peer at his victim , and found that he had struck down the wrong man . |
| 22 | ‘ So you are saying plainly , ’ said Earl Robert , attentive and still , ‘ that there were two murderers , at least in intent , and this wretched brother , once he knew he had struck down the wrong man , had no reason in the world to wish him further harm . ’ |
| 23 | Months of raw sewage had passed down the scarred pavement outside and a thin layer of grass — a bright , sickly , unreal green — had crept over the doorstep and into the building . |