Example sentences of "down and [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A BANNED driver who mowed down and killed five youngsters in a high-speed chase was jailed for a maximum of five years yesterday . |
| 2 | I had no idea there was a class distinction , having lived in a sort of world of my own , and when I went to meet his parents in his house in Bromley , I 'd never been to such a small , little house where all the chairs had those things on the back where you catch the Brylcreem and you sat down and had high tea . |
| 3 | When I knocked and entered , Ira , with a broad smile on his face , reached down and produced two glasses and a bottle of Okanagan wine which we were soon sipping . |
| 4 | If we go back about two years , a little bit more than two years now , we sat down and considered those areas which were most important to us in developing a new accounting package . |
| 5 | He flagged a waiter down and grabbed two drinks from the silver tray . |
| 6 | Studies in France and other countries had revealed the extent to which forests were being cut down and showed that deforestation had a range of harmful consequences . |
| 7 | They strode down and found more news already arriving . |
| 8 | And then , before them all , he bent down and gave Brown Owl a kiss . |
| 9 | Having systematically run down and denigrated public services since 1979 , they now expect the country to be grateful for being offered lower standards of service than we used to enjoy , and ones that are derisory in the light of what is enjoyed in many other European countries . |
| 10 | I was very puzzled why she fell down and decided some plaster must have fallen on her . |