Example sentences of "be [vb pp] down the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pathogenesis of the disease has always been controversial , but considerable circumstantial evidence exists to support the suggestion that it is due to implantation of endometrium that has been refluxed down the fallopian tube at menstruation . |
| 2 | It can be heard down the entire High Street . |
| 3 | Local inhabitants recall that thistles used to be placed down the outside school toilets before the unsuspecting used them ! |
| 4 | Lowe stripped to swim , and getting on the trunk of an uprooted tree , hoped to be carried down the eddying flood to some part where he could obtain assistance . |
| 5 | The trucks themselves had to be manhandled down the steep rock-strewn defile and as the men were sweating away at this in the hot sun an Italian aircraft picked them up . |
| 6 | As messages are passed down the autonomic nervous system , the blood vessels in erectile tissue everywhere — penis , walls of the vagina , ear lobes , nose ( notice the stuffiness ? ) — are engorging . |
| 7 | As this happens , the fertilised egg is carried down the fallopian tube into the uterus . |
| 8 | In other words , a sea burial in Coral Pastures.Just in case there 's any confusion , ’ and he smiled , ‘ he 's written down the exact co-ordinates . ’ |
| 9 | The process is repeated down the entire column of figures . |
| 10 | There they had been born , their wicker bassinette had been bumped down the shallow flight of steps to the pavement by their trim nursemaid , young men had called , but not one of the three tall sisters had emerged from the house as a bride . |
| 11 | I was dragged down the hard , concrete steps on to the pavement . |
| 12 | This downhill was set down the long-established OK course from Bellewarde to La Daille ; the two in February will be on the new Olympic piste carved down the precipitate north-east face on to the very heart of the village . |
| 13 | Word was passed down the long column to close up , and to be ready to make a dash for the ford . |
| 14 | The privilege of holding a market or fair was extended down the social hierarchy as the Middle Ages progressed , and the royal records are full of references to grants of markets and fairs as the economy developed . |
| 15 | Next day , as Ginger was ridden down the same road , he saw that the bins were still there . |
| 16 | He was lowered down the main shaft and once underground tried to make his way to the area in which the missing men had been working or to any passageway in which they could have sought refuge . |
| 17 | Henceforth all traffic was routed down the main line . |