Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] [vb pp] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the flames had died down and the ashes were cold , she scattered the ashes to the north , east , south and west . |
| 2 | Though there was consensus among most delegates that production cuts were needed to avoid an oil glut which would weaken prices as demand dipped in the spring , the discussions became bogged down with claims by Kuwait for special treatment . |
| 3 | Long before that — at least as early as 1775 — the courts had laid down the general principle of law that a person can not bring an action based on his own wrong ( ex turpi causa non oritur actio ) . |
| 4 | Similarly ( b ) alone may not be sufficient as the courts have laid down principles which effectively restrict the time for which any such covenant can run and also the geographical area it can cover . |
| 5 | The Germans have shut down the remaining Chernobyl-style RBMK-1000 nuclear plants in the eastern part of their now united country . |
| 6 | And the Germans have calmed down a lot , you 've got to admit that . |
| 7 | and now the er , they 're not paying back , and the houses have come down and so what people are doing , or some people that have bought these houses , they 're just giving the keys back and repossessing the house |
| 8 | By this time the family was based at Fortitude Valley , Brisbane , a " tough little corps " where the larrikins had knocked down the Salvation Army lasses when they were first trying to get established , and the crowd had pelted them with mud , stones and stale fish . |
| 9 | ‘ But once the authorities had clamped down , it was not a case of political Stalinism so much as bureaucratic perfidy and complete lack of imagination . |
| 10 | The ministries become bogged down in detail when their energies and resources should be concentrated more on overall policy , and the ad hoc commissions grow disillusioned and frustrated because they are not allowed to get on with the job . |
| 11 | In recent months the fanatics had scaled down their 20-year campaign against English-owned property , but last week launched attacks on five homes . |
| 12 | The right to have an independent determination arises when negotiations between the parties have broken down ; but what if the parties have never tried to agree ? |
| 13 | Well I 'm glad you should say that because the bonuses have gone down and that was a |
| 14 | The crabs have climbed down the cliffs , for their eggs must be deposited directly into the sea if they are to hatch . |
| 15 | I like the way the lambs have settled down in the field have n't they ? |
| 16 | No further work has taken place for a number of weeks , the barriers have fallen down , one of the warning lights has been thrown into the river and another has been thrown into the hedge several times . |
| 17 | And the effects have rippled down through the years into just about every local music scene in America , from the blues players to the hillbillies up in the mountains . ’ |
| 18 | Accepting the only logical course of action the robots had shut down the machine , even though it meant they too sank into inertia as a consequence . |
| 19 | Not for Fergie creeping to her seat with her escort after the lights had gone down and slipping out again just before the final curtain . |
| 20 | It also seemed , from the feathers on the kitchen floor , that one of the pigeons had come down for a warm and had got too close . |
| 21 | The sheets were twisted and the blankets had slipped down to one side . |
| 22 | In nightclubs and pop promo videos , it 's as if the banshees have come down screaming from the catwalk , staggering in their stilettos under the weight of their Max Factor cosmetics and costume jewellery . |
| 23 | It was the second time in a fortnight the Glens had gone down to Portadown , but Saturday 's was a much brighter performance than the 3– |
| 24 | That reminds me , did I tell you that the trustees have turned down a request from Annabel ? ’ |
| 25 | seven ninety nine I do n't know how much the waistcoats have gone down to but they most probably gone down as well to about ten pounds the waistcoats . |
| 26 | On the way to Upper Halling we find that the names have come down to us unaltered , to our right we have Yew Tree Kill , which has disappeared into the chalk quarry , also the Vicarage Close , further on and still on our right is Foxes ' Hole , a name that has continued down to this day . |
| 27 | ‘ It says a lot that the players have knuckled down in adversity . |
| 28 | The members had set down seven proposals which would provide a useful starting point for the task force . |
| 29 | The tears had run down her face as she stood at the sink , washing up after tea . |
| 30 | And three of the girls have gone down with it too . |