Example sentences of "[vb past] down at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus tree rings are differentiated by the types , density and size of cell laid down at different times of the year ; varves by the gradation in particle size resulting from sedimentation of debris released into rivers and carried to lakes by the annual melt of glaciers ; and ice core layers by differences in dust content and acidity . |
| 2 | Whatever desperate or mundane disappointments might lie ahead , as we gazed down at those phantoms from another age I felt that we had become travellers in time . |
| 3 | Fallen branches littered the rides and new growths of whippy little sapling twigs poked down at head-and-shoulder height to a horseman . |
| 4 | His hands came down at either side of her , trapping her against the wall . |
| 5 | Every time his plane touched down at Nice airport and he saw palm trees and tanned porters in white , short-sleeved shirts , Adam enjoyed afresh the glamour of a life where one stepped on to a plane in bleak winter weather and shortly afterwards stepped off in warm sunshine . |
| 6 | He touched down at Upper Heyford right on schedule at 1.55 a.m. local time , disturbing the sleep of the villagers beneath him as he made his final turn into the approach lights . |
| 7 | er , I know that erm , they were bad when we went down at half term |
| 8 | They knew quite as much about human nature at the Foreign Office as they did down at any police station . |
| 9 | It 's been another hard day for the pound , it closed down at one dollar , forty-three and down at two marks , thirty-six . |
| 10 | Jannie sat down at one corner of the great kitchen table and began to write a shopping list . |