Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often , as the night drew on , a number of people were seen to lie down in odd places , both in Partisan Street and on the Embankment . |
| 2 | They were made to lie down on the floor in the back . |
| 3 | It seems that when they were made to lie down in the back of the truck and their hands were tied behind them , Katrine remembers there being rags underneath her . |
| 4 | After a fortnight we were told to go down to the airfield for a possible lift into Assam , but often refugees went in the morning but were back in the evening as the planes were so busy taking out wounded soldiers . |
| 5 | Commanding officers were asked to clamp down on harmful initiation ceremonies , and ‘ agony aunts ’ from the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service were installed to provide a sympathetic hearing for bullied soldiers . |
| 6 | Their enemies drove them out arid they were forced to live down in the marshes of Kelfazin . |
| 7 | He was intended to come down at the wrong moment , disappear , do the same again , then go shooting through the roof when the mechanics of the wire go wrong . |
| 8 | The candidate who took third place in the first round , however , Manandafy Rakotonirina , was expected to stand down in favour of Zafy . |
| 9 | He was seen to bend down at two drains near his home . |
| 10 | I was told to sit down for about five hours in a hall , to wait for them to call my name out , to go to see the doctor . |
| 11 | And Simon was invited to go down to London for a chat . |
| 12 | Where possible , information was coded to cut down on computer storage and processing costs . |
| 13 | So oft we went , leaving Pop at ‘ Prospect Lodge ’ in Simla ( a holiday home for missionaries ) until he was asked to go down to Poona and look after a soldiers ' club . |
| 14 | I was asked to clean down with blanket wash and then run over with a clean polishing rag . |
| 15 | One cafe and clothesshop owner says he was forced to close down for the weekend . |
| 16 | It was forced to touch down at Killyhoy Beach , north west Donegal . |
| 17 | Mr Orlando was forced to step down as mayor despite his popularity with the voters . |
| 18 | Les had a health scare two years ago and was ordered to cut down on drinking , stop smoking and reduce his weight from 15 stone . |