Example sentences of "down in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The different sorts of Goblins can do this in different ways but the objective is the same : either attack an enemy unit and bog it down in a protracted combat , or stand in the way of an enemy unit to prevent it attacking your core units . |
| 2 | He sat down in a vacant chair and at once the younger cadet hurried to serve him with tea from a spotless samovar . |
| 3 | For statistics alone are unlikely to stop a 17-year-old putting his foot down in a lethal weapon . |
| 4 | His face was sallow , his lips curled down in a perpetual sulk . |
| 5 | If she will take you , you will be set down in a bare heath , on a great stone , which is made of granite and is the gate to your adventure , though it will seem to have been fixed and unmoving since the making of the world . |
| 6 | I recited the names of some relations and friends , and my mother wrote them down in a businesslike fashion until I ran out of ideas . |
| 7 | Suddenly a Hurricane came down in a screaming dive and splashed into the sea . |
| 8 | When the Titanic was finally located on the sea-bed a crew went down in a tiny submarine to explore the wreckage . |
| 9 | We came down in a small clearing and ended up in the trees . |
| 10 | Detailed regulations for the construction of new buildings were laid down in a great variety of Acts and bye-laws . |
| 11 | Tunnels are so emotive and the mind can conjure up thoughts of terror and the possibility of being run down in a dark tunnel . |
| 12 | The rain was coming down in a solid curtain . |
| 13 | Nigel always felt he won hands down in a verbal fight . |
| 14 | Lucker musters his etiquette and swallows it down in a loud cartoon gulp . |
| 15 | Cupping his hands round his mouth , he called down in a loud whisper . |
| 16 | Last month the European Socialist group , the largest in the European Parliament , threatened to sack the entire commission because the charter had been watered down in a vain attempt to secure Mrs Thatcher 's backing for it at the Strasbourg summit . |
| 17 | Only when the cells leave the zone do some begin to differentiate into cartilage ; and , as just stated , the cartilage elements are laid down in a proximo-distal sequence — first humerus , then radius and ulna , and only then wrist , and finally hand . |
| 18 | The other advantages inherent in the strategy were that ( i ) it enabled the allied forces to capitalise on their superior mobility and air power by minimizing the possibility of becoming bogged down in a static war ; ( ii ) it made the allies less vulnerable to attack by chemical weapons , as such weapons were most easily used from a static defensive position against an enemy engaged in a frontal assault ; ( iii ) it offered the possibility of cutting off all forces within Kuwait and southern Iraq — including the Republican Guard — thereby enabling the allies to destroy Iraq 's military capability in addition to liberating Kuwait ; and ( iv ) it meant that the allies would capture a swathe of Iraqi territory , a potentially useful lever in the event of the negotiation and implementation of ceasefire conditions . |
| 19 | The late arrival by 13 minutes of three of their key players left Peterlee with too much work to do at Consett where they went down in a first division game by 91 points to 58 as they were left wondering what effect Ivor James , Gord Laing and Allen Quarmby might have had had they been there for the start . |
| 20 | We settle ourselves down in a First Class cabin , lay our delicacies out on the table , open some wine and champagne , set the crayfish on to plates that do n't look paper , and eat , drink and devour vast quantities of pâté , hors d'oeuvre and champagne . |
| 21 | Synthetics soon replaced cotton , an ostensibly practical move that saved players from being bogged down in a waterlogged kit that ripped easily . |
| 22 | Deep down in a blue half light of the control room , American sailors huddle over their radar screens , plotting its progress towards Iraq . |
| 23 | Dawn handed her a syringe filled with heart stimulant and soon Sandy was settled down in a warm recovery cage . |
| 24 | Swinburn was knocked down in a late night incident in Newmarket a month ago — and rates himself lucky to be riding again at all . |
| 25 | In a sense this was so , but on the other hand the activity of town planning soon got bogged down in a technical bureaucracy , losing the dash and verve which sustained it during the 1940s . |
| 26 | spent head down in a stagnant wishing well , |
| 27 | The dark girl had dived into the bright turquoise swimming-pool , and was swimming up and down in a leisurely breast-stroke , moving through the myriad white marble reflections in the water like a fish . |
| 28 | Then she carried the basket to the washing line and unpegged the clothes rapidly , chucking them down in a windblown tangle ( Ella folded things as she took them out of the tumble drier . |
| 29 | Uneaten food , and anything once living that dies or lies in the tank will break down in a similar fashion . |
| 30 | Several other nuees swept harmlessly down the valley of the Riviere Blanche during the next couple of months , but on 30 August death came again to Martinique , where a powerful nuee blasted out from Mt Pelee and rolled down in a new direction , engulfing the small village of Morne Rouge . |