Example sentences of "it [verb] down [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would hate it to go down in Conservative mythology that we always had to have a gaggle of young men running every campaign , ’ he said , ‘ although if we had the same bunch at the next election at least they 'd be a few years older . ’ |
| 2 | Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 the NCC must offer a management agreement to any farmer on an SSSI whose application for an agricultural grant it turns down on conservation grounds . |
| 3 | The remaining 75 per cent — much of it ground down to toxic sludge and non-degradable waste — ends up dumped in landfill sites . |
| 4 | We watched fascinated as it parachuted down in slow descent , tail fanned , wings tilted upwards . |
| 5 | Can we have it written down like real mathematicians ? |
| 6 | The sales patter flowed as freely as the corporate wine , but how well was it going down with potential investors … |
| 7 | Did it come down in remote forest land where it still lay , gradually decaying ? |
| 8 | I have already discussed the improbability of the entire aircraft , its crew and its troops disappearing totally over land ; though , of course , had it come down in enemy-occupied territory , nothing might ever have been known of the matter if all the occupants had perished , and certainly not if any survivors had been disposed of ( which , given the purpose of their mission , would have been highly probable ) . |
| 9 | MACAULEY Culkin 's Kevin may be a dab hand with a booby trap but when it comes down to straightforward , grimy-faced scallywaggery , there are a couple of Irish lads in Into The West who could give him a run for his money . |
| 10 | ‘ At the end of the day it comes down to individual decisions about individual jobs , ’ says Fairweather . |
| 11 | In the end it comes down to personal prejudice . |
| 12 | ‘ You might be a whizz at your job , you might have the charisma of ten men , but when it comes down to normal decent human values you 're nothing . |
| 13 | They wanted to keep them happy , they let them carry on with their religion , it did n't interest them but when it comes down to serious things like killing erm political agitators , the Romans wanted to deal with that themselves . |
| 14 | The wh the whole point is Steve , when it comes down to basic facts , it should have had a proper sealed unit chiller on it when it was new . |