Example sentences of "have [vb pp] down [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A couple have broken down with back injuries and never fully reestablished themselves . |
| 2 | Negotiations have broken down between Bernard Tapie Finance and Pentland over the purchase of Adidas . |
| 3 | EC-sponsored talks on the Gabcikovo dam dispute between Hungary and Slovakia in Brussels have broken down without agreement . |
| 4 | ‘ It says a lot that the players have knuckled down in adversity . |
| 5 | Poles have sat down for efficiency . |
| 6 | Central London councils like Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea have cracked down on agents because they face particular problems through large blocks of flats permanently smothered with signs . |
| 7 | A great remedy in croup for sensitive children who have been exposed to cold air or dry cold winds and have come down with croup the following morning ( see also Aconite and Spongia particularly ) ; worse ( < ) morning and evening . |
| 8 | CD players have come down in price , but the discs themselves are still about thirty per cent dearer than in America . |
| 9 | Both wheat and barley spot and new crop prices have come down in consequence . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , our base rates have come down from 12% ( they never officially went to the 15% level announced on Black Wednesday ) to 7% and should fall further . |
| 11 | The shares have come down from 795p since the toxic waste issue blew up . |
| 12 | She says that three shops have closed down since Christmas . |
| 13 | And the bloke told me that twenty five corner shops have closed down in South Bank , which is a tiny area , in ten years . |
| 14 | Parents have bedded down outside Toys R Us at the MetroCentre in Gateshead , Tyne and Wear , every Saturday night for the past six weeks , waiting for deliveries . |
| 15 | Francisco said , ‘ You have settled down in Spain much faster than Rosie . |
| 16 | Some students find that it helps them to make a brief précis of the situation , though you should n't waste too much time in writing out points which you already have set down in front of you . |
| 17 | After travelling back south by barge , the pair have driven down to Tasmania to carry on the circumnavigation where they left off . |
| 18 | Alan Jones and Steve Abel have stepped down from committee due to other work commitments ; their involvement in the work of the TCP over recent years has been much appreciated . |
| 19 | The seat includes most of Leeds University 's halls of residence ( ‘ it 's a political blessing the students have gone down for Easter , ’ admits Dr Hampson ) and the well-heeled town of Otley , where the 200-bed hospital does hip replacement jobs on patients from Cornwall and Kent . |
| 20 | ‘ In our close work with P&G , ’ said John Sutton , ‘ we have put down on paper an understanding by both of us of what the customer expects and what we can adhere to . ’ |