Example sentences of "[vb past] down [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bluetits may be famous for having figured out how to remove the silver foil caps from our early morning milk bottles , to find a creamy delight beneath , but I remember watching with amusement as one of our local bluetits swooped down upon a friend 's Mercedes sports car parked in our driveway and perseveringly attempted to remove the central silver disc from the Mercedes logo on the front bonnet . |
| 2 | In June 1989 , Neville Hodgkinson and Peter Gillman of the Sunday Times reported that Clive Ahrens had been found to have aluminium in his hip bone , laid down as a band ( as is common in people living in areas of high lead in water ) . |
| 3 | Just one of the six keyboards on test came close to meeting the criteria I initially laid down for a replacement keyboard , the Fuller FDS. Even here the poor workmanship left much to be desired . |
| 4 | We speak of a judgement in a particular case or of a rule laid down in a judgement as being undoubtedly according to law , but as being ‘ unfair ’ or ‘ unjust ’ or ‘ inequitable ’ . |
| 5 | The group , chaired by Judge Thomas Pigot , QC , a senior Old Bailey judge , recommends that the rule that children under seven or eight should not give evidence , laid down in a string of cases , should be abolished . |
| 6 | Rules laid down in a statute would be less flexible . |
| 7 | In the context of the present case , however , it was not necessary to determine whether there were any conceivable circumstances in which Community law might affect rules in that sphere laid down by a member state . |
| 8 | He also saw that if the parties did not approve of a rule laid down by a court — a ‘ certain rule ’ — they could choose to vary it by contract . |
| 9 | Steps in the south-east corner of the Central Court led down into a well which was used , at least in the temple 's final days , for offerings : there were many small clay vases , one of which still had olives in it when excavated . |
| 10 | Then we came to a smashed yellow stone façade and a doorway that led down into a cellar . |
| 11 | From the Labyrinth 's south-west entrance a paved ramp , now eroded beyond recognition , led down to a bridge over the Vlychia stream ; on the south side this was supported on a finely built stone viaduct , which carried the road on south-eastwards along the north front of the Pilgrim Hostel and then southwards between yet more Minoan houses . |
| 12 | The main entrance was on a small , dusty square grandly named Campo San Pietro , while , at the rear , steps led down to a canal and a private landing-stage for the guests arriving by water-taxi . |
| 13 | looking in one direction you might imagine yourself in Greenland ; another , and you gazed down upon a nest of' mill chimneys . |
| 14 | Several miles away in Queen Margaret Drive , a BBC technician knelt down beside a music stand and gently pulled a strip of card aside revealing some names and numbers . |
| 15 | When life sank down for a moment , the range of experience seemed limitless … . |
| 16 | The elder female sank down on a tree stump to rest , fanning herself with her hand . |
| 17 | Meryl Sank down on a window-seat and listened ; already the house was uncannily quiet . |
| 18 | Marion 's legs collapsed under her ; she sank down on a rock , and wept . |
| 19 | He sank down into a chair opposite Hari . |
| 20 | Emily sank down into a chair and studied the pages closely , controlling the urge to slap the insolent hussy 's pretty face . |
| 21 | She sank down into a chair and watched as Craig knelt before the fire , building it back into a glowing warmth . |
| 22 | When the carriage was out of sight , she sank down into a chair and put her hands over her face . |
| 23 | She went into the drawing-room and sank down into a chair . |
| 24 | Leith sank down into a chair the moment the outer door had closed behind him and discovered that she was trembling . |
| 25 | There was n't anything I could do and , knowing that , I was conscious of my own inadequacy , weighed down by a sense of helplessness . |
| 26 | In gale force winds , and weighed down by a camera around her neck , she just missed bringing us back a prize but she managed to capture some winning shots . |
| 27 | At first she managed from their home up in Yorkshire ; later , as the pace grew more hectic , she moved down to a suite at the Adelaide in London . |
| 28 | When worn battened down without a hat , the hood really needs some sort of volume adjuster at the back , or else the soft peak reduced visibility dramatically ( Lowe say they are working on this ) . |
| 29 | By the time you 've finished , if you are n't the best of mates and invited down for a vair long weekend in the cuntrair , I can only say — Air nair . |
| 30 | A hundred and fifty Bulmers workers from the distribution depot near the fire were evacuated to safety.And a roll call was taken to make sure no one else had been hurt.Meanwhile as fifty firefighters fought the flames , there was another explosion which hurled a sixty ton oil tank high into the air.It crashed down onto a fire engine : |