Example sentences of "down [art] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor anyone — not one — down the years , when I 've approached such luminaries of the lore as , well , Ashe , Stewart , Prost , Platini , Charlton , Best ( he even cooked me breakfast ) , Coe , Thompson , Cauthen , Francome … |
| 2 | Nor anyone — not one — down the years , when I 've approached such luminaries of the lore as , well , Ashe , Stewart , Prost , Platini , Charlton , Best ( he even cooked me breakfast ) , Coe , Thompson , Cauthen , Francome … |
| 3 | He scooped a handful of marble out of a bannister as if it were plasticine , and briefly enjoyed the traces of the many fingers that had brushed over this patch of cold stone down the years . |
| 4 | This legacy has been added to down the years , and continues to develop . |
| 5 | Personal correspondence has been a significant means of direction down the years . |
| 6 | Down the years , and there are none , |
| 7 | Now they are recounted in Tales from the Ponderosa , an occasional series of stories and anecdotes about the pub , its characters , and the locale down the years . |
| 8 | A tremendous favourite with the fans of the time , Roy was both handsome and spectacular , and a most worthy member of the gallery of fine goalkeepers who have served Crystal Palace down the years . |
| 9 | Farming thrives as it has done down the years and now with the swallows come the caravans to the clifftop with people in search of sea , sand and serenity . |
| 10 | The Macmillans were evidently an odd family down the years . |
| 11 | ‘ Have n't the Jews so often been the victims down the years of people who were looking for demons to bait ? ’ he said . |
| 12 | Hooks was critical of Irish rugby 's coaching approach down the years — including his own contributions in the general condemnation . |
| 13 | DOWN the years Stan Flashman has brought dishonour to football in a variety of roles . |
| 14 | Through the pages of hundreds of books , many famous and some unknown , the undying one could trace his passage down the years . |
| 15 | If nothing else , it has cast a mighty long shadow down the years . |
| 16 | Godfrey Smith , a dear colleague and long-serving columnist on the Sunday Times , has provided a much-needed anthology of rugby writings down the years . |
| 17 | STRANGELY , the national coach of the Irish teams down the years has had little direct contact with the four provincial coaches . |
| 18 | He has had his critics down the years — too awkward , no ball skills , too dirty — complaints which have all been banished in these last two seasons . |
| 19 | Jonah Barrington , Britain 's squash-rackets hall-of-famer , has come up against the Pakistan sportsman 's competitive edge more than a few times down the years in that windowless torture-chamber which can be a squash court . |
| 20 | In the way in which , down the years , it has kept its responsibilities as a cultural centre sensibly in step with its growing commercial importance and prosperity , it is something of a model . |
| 21 | There is also a fine collection of Swiss and German masterpieces in the municipal art gallery , much of which is owed to enlightened patronage by other leading local entrepreneurs down the years . |
| 22 | They know the formulae , they have been transmitted from generation to generation down the years . |
| 23 | Brooklyn-born Sendak 's own childhood memories have spawned his fantastic , often scary , creations but , in I Saw Esau , he has entered the imagination of real children down the years . |
| 24 | We tend to treasure pillows down the years . |
| 25 | There were other dogs down the years , but the time came when I was on my own , and got a bit low financially , so I was not able to afford one . |
| 26 | There have been many classic occasions down the years , one as far back as 1973 when the writer of this piece was a makeweight speaker at a Yorkshire Post literary lunch in Harrogate , attended by four hundred elegant people — mostly well-heeled , middle aged ladies in all their finery . |
| 27 | ‘ He gets stuck in — and that 's probably why he 's picked up so many knocks down the years . |
| 28 | The Scotch Whisky has reached the end of its long journey down the years in perfect condition , ready to be despatched to whisky lovers around the world . |
| 29 | Irish manager Noel Murphy said : ‘ We 've had our victories down the years , but anyone who is here today will never forget this one . |
| 30 | I have my own way of doing things and have gathered lots of experience down the years in various jobs at various levels . |