Example sentences of "[vb pp] down [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If the ferret has fallen down a vertical hole within the burrow the line ferret , on approaching , may not necessarily do the same thing .
2 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 .
3 For a time it was popular to suggest that reversals in the earth 's magnetic field , which we know to have been sudden , may have temporarily broken down the protective shield provided by the van Allen Belt against cosmic rays and so stimulated evolution by way of genetic mutation .
4 And Joanna had sped down the outer stairway , crying and joyous at once .
5 Ian MacDonald and he had stripped down the old wreck and searched junk yards for spare parts .
6 Local inhabitants recall that thistles used to be placed down the outside school toilets before the unsuspecting used them !
7 It can be heard down the entire High Street .
8 Mr Biermann , who is visiting his mother at her home in Elton Road , wrote the books to rebuild his life after a stroke in 1989 left him paralysed down the right hand side of his body .
9 , you had a built in , and on the left , they 've torn down the whole building .
10 Yeah , I mean , they 've torn down the whole building inside the big .
11 Lowe stripped to swim , and getting on the trunk of an uprooted tree , hoped to be carried down the eddying flood to some part where he could obtain assistance .
12 As this happens , the fertilised egg is carried down the fallopian tube into the uterus .
13 She could be trapped down a vertical hole within the burrow system .
14 Being let down an Italian well , by a crowd of villagers .
15 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 . ’
16 We should not find it easy to go for a single currency if we had already moved down the federalist route in a dangerous way on foreign and defence policies .
17 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 .
18 Peter usually wore the number 11 shirt but frequently operated down the right flank .
19 The Ford Pay claim coincides with negotiations at Vauxhall where leaders of the 9,000 manual workers have turned down a two-year offer giving 9.1 per cent in the first year and inflation plus £3 in the second .
20 Norwich were trailing Grant , who has turned down a new contract , last season and have maintained their interest .
21 Former West Indies captain Viv Richards has turned down a lucrative offer to play Currie Cup cricket for South Africa 's Western Province .
22 Stephen had turned down the first set of plans out of hand .
23 She 'd turned down the only chance she had had .
24 Now that the Commission has turned down the unanimous decision of the Catering Sub-Committee to invite the London food commission to give advice on how healthy and nutritious the food in the Members ' and Strangers ' Cafeterias is , what will the Leader of the House do to improve the situation ?
25 Manager Trevor Francis confirmed yesterday that he had turned down the huge offer from Toulon .
26 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 .
27 Police have also tracked down a local man who gave a statement at the time .
28 Police have tracked down the main suppliers to the North West of England .
29 Members in Ireland have tracked down the original carriage ; it was acting as a holiday home , and was virtually intact !
30 Lobbying by pharmaceutical companies has already watered down a proposed directive which at first suggested forcing them to include detailed information on dosage and usage on advertisements .
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