Example sentences of "[vb pp] down [prep] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as procedures , structural grammar developed the technique of immediate constituent analysis , a technique for cutting a sentence into its immediate constituents , which in turn were broken down into their immediate constituents and so on to the ultimate constituent . |
| 2 | Over at the laibon 's engang they are bedded down behind their own thicket of thorn bushes , the cattle jammed together in a large boma and the goats in a smaller one right in the middle , as far from the athletic leopards as possible . |
| 3 | got down at their own steam I suppose |
| 4 | And the Postman 's spectacle was covered in greenflies from the vigorous activity up the tree : " No , but I says to him " — " Really , all right " — " Well " — " and " — " Oh , you 've done it " — " Must go down to the " — " Taps , got to get some " went the song to the rhythm of empty beer bottles dropping into the side pocket receptacles of tree-holder number 29 on the dustmen 's route — and the tip-holding pockets for the dustmen were not full or anything cos the ladies had all forgotten their purses , and the paper , folding , crumpled , torn money had long since fluttered down from their knicker-elastic banks . |
| 5 | My pair of Birchirs have now settled down in their new home and are feeding very well on a plentiful supply of garden worms . |
| 6 | He had no time for the ritual marriage with the Everqueen since the legions of Nagarythe had swept down from their grim realm , bearing the banner of Malekith before them . |
| 7 | In both circumstances the deaf minority have to struggle to participate in community life if their contributions do not sound like English and if their failure to understand the interlanguage interpretation is put down to their poor general knowledge or low mental ability . |
| 8 | Before they started , he had warned his people on this , pointing out that if they allowed themselves to be delayed , they themselves would be in grave danger of being ridden down by their own fellows on the return charge . |
| 9 | Yet they always seem held down by their sheer ordinariness . |
| 10 | Yet they always seem held down by their sheer ordinariness . |
| 11 | Already , both the top Republican contenders have backed down from their original pledge to rescind Mr Florio 's tax increases the minute they take office . |
| 12 | The ceremony was 6,000 miles from where Gail and children Sara , 16 , Adam , 14 , and Dina , 11 , were gunned down in their luxury home in San Diego , California . |