Example sentences of "[vb past] down [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John got down in front of Dad and looked up into his face and said , ‘ It 's our flight . ’ |
| 2 | The items in this inventory were modelled on the list of symptoms used by psychiatrists to diagnose the borderline condition of ‘ schizotypal personality disorder ’ referred to earlier , but toned down for use with non-clinical populations . |
| 3 | This enacts in statutory form the rule laid down in Christie v. Leachinsky ( H. |
| 4 | It would be necessary , if the evidence were to be admitted under that doctrine , that the three conditions laid down in Ladd v. Marshall should be fulfilled . |
| 5 | If this decision were to be upheld , the appellants stand to lose their liberty and , in my judgment , it would not be right that such a result should occur when the evidence is excluded only on the basis of the rather stricter rules laid down in Ladd v. Marshall . |
| 6 | It was also over 50 per cent more than that laid down in codes for the relief of famine as a basic subsistence diet ( Kynch 1989 ) . |
| 7 | Inside the ark were the tablets of the law — the supreme verbal statement of God 's holiness ( 26:16 ) ; at one and the same time the reason why God dwelt alone ( for none can match his holiness ) , and why by means of blood a sinner might enter his presence ( for the blood speaks of life laid down in payment for sin ) . |
| 8 | ‘ The constitutional function performed by courts of justice as interpreters of the written law laid down in Acts of Parliament is often described as ascertaining ‘ the intention of Parliament ; ’ but what this metaphor , though convenient , omits to take into account is that the court , when acting in its interpretative role , as well as when it is engaged in reviewing the legality of administrative action , is doing so as mediator between the state in the exercise of its legislative power and the private citizen for whom the law made by Parliament constitutes a rule binding upon him and enforceable by the executive power of the state . |
| 9 | One qualification that should be made to the general formula that Lord Goddard laid down in Hinchcliffe v. Sheldon is that it appears to make a person guilty of obstructing by omission , and the view may be expressed that this is not the law . |
| 10 | Nevertheless the general approach laid down in Rogers v. Parish ( Scarborough ) Ltd. applies equally to second-hand vehicles Business Applications Specialists Ltd. v. Nationwide Credit Corpn . |
| 11 | There should be a definite , fixed penalty for every offence , laid down in advance by the legislature in a strict tariff . |
| 12 | In effect , the principle is the same as that laid down in G. v. G. ( Minors : Custody Appeal ) [ 1985 ] 1 W.L.R. 647 . |
| 13 | The principle laid down in Morgan v. Palmer , 2 B. & C. 729 , Steele v. Williams , 8 Ex. 625 , and adopted in Hooper v. Exeter Corporation , 56 L.J.Q.B. 457 clearly establish that proposition . |
| 14 | Conditions laid down by Haussmann along the lines of those set out by the Monopoly Commission , that the companies divest themselves of certain divisions which , if merged , would be against German interests in the arms industry , were eventually agreed to by both MBB and Daimler . |
| 15 | In redrawing boundaries the commissions are guided by rules laid down by act of Parliament . |
| 16 | Ministers from time to time make statements seeming to indicate to judges generally what sentencing policy should be , within the range of punishments laid down by statutes for different crimes . |
| 17 | The real estate descended to the heir in accordance with rules laid down by statutes of 1833 and 1859 . |
| 18 | In Latin America other schools of thought have arisen , such as those of Masi and Orthega , but it is yet to be demonstrated that they are any more effective than the guidelines laid down by Hahnemann in the sixth edition of his Organon of Rational Healing . |
| 19 | This in turn had important consequences in the current historical view of the period , in perpetuating the proposition laid down by Wheeler in his Verulamium Report , that the decline of urban life in Britain in the third century was so catastrophic , that it was followed by only a partial and short-lived revival under Constantius Chlorus , and then by a steady decline into the Dark Ages . |
| 20 | The sultan , afraid of Russian support for the Serbs , and shaken by Karadjordje 's military victories , agreed to terms laid down by Serbia in September 1806 . |
| 21 | The key objective is a 15 per cent return on equity , and all business within the group is conducted at arm 's length on guidelines laid down by CB at the centre . |
| 22 | Typical of the uneasy compromises that resulted was the Ten Articles of Faith laid down by convocation in 1536 . |
| 23 | I kneeled down by Ben in the mud and found he was still unconscious . |
| 24 | We sat with our backs against the trig point and gazed down like Gods on the coastal plain of Thassos . |
| 25 | It was their tree ; although distant from Nana 's house , it was one of several passed down as part of the family 's inheritance . |
| 26 | What I knew about the Legion was based on a series of rumours and pieces of misinformation passed down from recruit to recruit . |
| 27 | He is armed with the Sword of Justice , an ancient weapon passed down from Champion to Champion through the reigns of successive Emperors . |
| 28 | Kragan knelt down in front of Adam and looked at him as a butcher would appraise a cut of meat . |
| 29 | Stony-faced Lucenzo seated her in an opulently covered settle and knelt down in front of her , holding her hands and looking thunderous . |
| 30 | He knelt down in front of her stereo system . |