Example sentences of "in [noun prp] [vb past] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | A shift in the weather pattern , bringing low pressure systems across the Alps in December laid down a firm base . |
| 2 | When the Cambodian peace talks in Paris broke down in 1988 , it was Mr Solarz , along with the Australian foreign minister , Gareth Evans , who pushed successfully for an expanded UN role in the transitional peace settlement . |
| 3 | Two thousand years ago a sex manual written in China laid down a few guidelines for gauging a woman 's sexual characteristics from a careful study of her face . |
| 4 | Ironically , at the same time as the commission was attacking the atrocities of war , fighting in Bosnia died down dramatically . |
| 5 | In the last year employment in Britain went down by 873,000 . |
| 6 | As a result of deflation , productivity in Britain went down last year , whereas in Germany it went up . |
| 7 | The rate of economic growth in Britain slowed down and for a period was in absolute decline . |
| 8 | Oldest nuclear plant in US shut down |
| 9 | A hoax in Newcastle shut down the main BR railway station , and in Tyne and Wear thousands of tube passengers were stranded when all 46 Metro stations were evacuated while 37 miles of track was searched . |
| 10 | The EC troika arrived in Zagreb on Aug. 2 but talks in Belgrade broke down after the third round on Aug. 4 which Milosevic boycotted . |
| 11 | In the 1950s and 60s dowries in India went down generally because gold was controlled , but not so in East Africa , where dowries rose as though they would never stop . |
| 12 | Yet it took a script that just about every major actress in Hollywood turned down to make her a star . |