Example sentences of "run down [art] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You run down the metal fire escape on the gable end of the building . |
| 2 | Crespi showed some surprising effects when you alter the amount of reinforcement a rat is given to run down an alley way . |
| 3 | Tucked away in the imagination , my planting ideas are all absolutely brilliant and flow from brain to magazine page as smoothly as dew running down an iris leaf . |
| 4 | On the political left , the government is regularly reviled for running down the welfare state , smashing the trade unions , and waging class war . |
| 5 | Short lengths of other internal streets have been identified but it is clear that , even though they intersect most often at right angles , there was no regular gridded system One strange omission is the absence of a street running down the west side of the supposed forum , which would have linked a known street further north with that running between the two military compounds . |
| 6 | All you read in the newspapers about running down the mining industry has no truth in it . ’ |
| 7 | Then my torch showed up streaks of water running down the chimney stack . |
| 8 | People without any political bias have given honest evidence and enabled the Select Committee to produce the report , which was a genuine effort to draw to the attention of the Government their folly in running down the coal industry to the extent that they are planning to do . |
| 9 | Some fifteen years ago , it was extended and now goes around the northern tip of the peninsula before turning south for a straight run down the west coast in bleak country , featureless except for the sad ruins of abandoned crofts yet relieved by glorious views across to Skye and the islands of the Inner Sound . |
| 10 | The hon. Member for Pontefract and Castleford ( Mr. Lofthouse ) asks leave to move the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 20 for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter that he believes should have urgent consideration , namely , ’ the effect on unemployment of the announcement by British Coal to further run down the coal industry in his own and in neighbouring constituencies . ’ |
| 11 | Michael Smith was driving the quad bike which ran down a hunt saboteur . |
| 12 | Normally a solemn and serious part of the Catholic liturgy of the Mass , on this occasion its solemnity and seriousness were somewhat dented by the sudden arrival of a very pretty little girl of about four or five , who ran down the centre aisle towards the priest , her pig-tails flying , calling , ‘ Zio Padee ! |
| 13 | Philip ran down the bracken bank to the gate and watched him run down the field to Mrs Wright who was walking slowly down the field . |
| 14 | When all was silent , except for the distant buzz of conversation from the tea , she crept out and almost ran down the back passage , as fast as her high-heeled shoes would permit . |
| 15 | The harbour wall was made of solid concrete in fact the only thing that was n't concrete was the wood that ran down the harbour wall . |