Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] down on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the approach of the Court of Appeal in Reg. v. Birmingham City Council , Ex parte Ferrero Ltd. ( 1991 ) 89 L.G.R. 977 where the judgments were handed down on 23 May 1991 . |
| 2 | That was the approach of the Court of Appeal in Reg. v. Birmingham City Council , Ex parte Ferrero Ltd. ( 1991 ) 89 L.G.R. 977 where the judgments were handed down on 23 May 1991 . |
| 3 | Suppose coal were run down on short-term profit calculations , how did any private or public organisation running the railways cope with the consequences to freight ? |
| 4 | Mr Clarke said his office tried ‘ several times ’ to arrange a meeting , four months before the bombshell announcement that 31 pits were to close with the loss of 30,000 jobs , but was turned down on each occasion . |
| 5 | Bright was turned down on both counts by Field , whose principal consideration was the weather . |
| 6 | D.F.C. , was shot down on 13 April 1941 by a Bf109E , and forced to ditch into the sea . |
| 7 | He was laid down on brittle pampas grass and then manhandled by the creatures . |
| 8 | Er because the pit bottom was lit up and it meant going down into the dark , an exciting thought for a young fella , er and so off I went and I was put down on one of the faces , as a lad , and said , Right lad , you want to be collier ? |