Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] down [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Ray Angel put the final touches , adding echo and reverberation when the voices were relayed down to the studio floor .
2 In the ‘ rotunda ’ of Chicago Central of 1892–3 the main ribs of the vault were carried down to the floor .
3 They used to be in the garden here , but Her Majesty doesnae care for them so they were thrown out on the rubbish heap , but the rubbish heap was by the river so the seeds were carried down by the water and sprouted by themselves on the bank .
4 But linguistic and other factors indicate that the oracles were written down by the 12th century BC .
5 Battling Dave Cannon sprayed a whole trailer-load of the cow muck over a council building after plans for his retirement bungalow were turned down for the fourth time .
6 They were turned down at the one where they were married and christened because they 'd moved five miles outside the parish .
7 So inflexible was this masterplan that when New Scientist attempted to introduce someone who knew nothing about computers to the machine ( it is claimed to be very easy to use ) we were turned down on the grounds that ‘ this would upset the timetable ’ .
8 Invitations were turned down on the grounds that ‘ we would only have to ask them back ’ .
9 They were turned down by the Minister of Traffic and Waterways , Mrs Maij-Weggen , and it seemed that the idea , which was abandoned .
10 Similar proposals from the company for Hillington were turned down by the Scottish Secretary last March , after a public inquiry , on the grounds that the site is zoned for strategic industrial use .
11 The servants of Chaos were hunted down in the forests , and many wild and long-abandoned lands were re-settled .
12 When my right hon. Friend visits the United Nations , will he raise the issue of the RAF aircrew who were shot down over the Gulf , some of whom came from west Norfolk ?
13 It is said — and I have never been able to verify this figure — 70% , and not all were shot down by the fighters , although the majority of aircraft were .
14 The London theatres , which had for so long been a particular thorn in the side of Puritan moralists such as William Prynne , were closed down at the outbreak of the civil war and remained shut until the Restoration .
15 So , for example , many of the nurseries opened during the Second World War were closed down after the war .
16 All radio stations were closed down by the mutineers ; several ministers , including the Prime Minister , were reported to have been arrested and others were seeking asylum in foreign embassies .
17 The city refuse , the corpses of dogs , cats , beggars , lepers and even unwanted babies , were dumped in the Fleet ditch and , when the rains came , were washed down to the Thames .
18 The nails on the hand clutching the pen were bitten down to the quick — always a sign of savagery .
19 Most of the airfields were bomber units , with the exception of Debden in Essex , a Mustang base , where they were talked down by the American Ground Controllers after exercising around in fog for some time .
20 British troops were bogged down in the Flanders quagmire .
21 It was a bitterly cold winter with thick snow ; both sides were bogged down in the Apennines from December to April .
22 He was a young man , probably no more than twenty ; his teeth were worn down to the stumps by rough ground corn , the tops so sliced through they might have been cut with a circular saw and the resulting surface polished with emery paper .
23 I was terribly embarrassed ; not only was I a convent girl but the skirts were worn down to the ankles and women just did n't show their legs in those days .
24 The horsemen of Ellyrion were pulled down by the foul beasts of Chaos .
25 An early regard for the quality of life was shown when the walls of the medieval town were pulled down in the early nineteenth century .
26 Rules were laid down for the management of schools , and the provision of finance by local authorities .
27 Most of them are sandstones or limestones that were laid down at the bottom of the shallow seas that once covered this part of North America .
28 The bike was sealed to make it waterproof and tracks were laid down under the water for it .
29 The spending plans were laid down on the assumption of no recession .
30 Guidelines in this area were laid down in the case of Marshall v Harland & Wolff Ltd ( 1972 ) .
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