Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | The womenfolk noted down completed sections of the poem , and probably supplied the punctuation — we often feel that there is no reason why one sentence stops and another begins . |
| 2 | This , coupled with the notion of the magistrate as being responsible for enforcement of the judgments handed down by himself or his deputy , would surely suggest that he could give judgment for performance and enforce it specifically . |
| 3 | During the summer months hordes of visitors regularly congregate there to eat and drink at their leisure on the paved terrace between the mellow sandstone walls of the inn itself and the river 's edge , where many sit on the low stone parapet and look below them through the clear , greenish water at the mottled dark-brown and silvery backs of the carp that rise to the surface to snap up the crisps and the crusts thrown down to them . |
| 4 | Providing that the forms get down to the computer in London on time |
| 5 | By then , the game was set in an exciting crescendo , Palace interrupting the openings contrived down the right by Mike Newell and Pat Nevin with breaks aimed at Wright 's speed and control . |
| 6 | The Acts lay down a minimum standard for air quality , and impose pollution emission controls to particular polluters . |
| 7 | Arsenal have always been Thomas 's first choice , but talks between the clubs broke down acrimoniously two weeks ago when a £2.5 million offer was rejected . |
| 8 | Allow the flames to die down with the pan off the heat . |
| 9 | As the flames died down and the dancers stood back for the family to precede them upstairs into the Long Room , there was a subtle change in the atmosphere . |
| 10 | As the flames died down he felt cold air on his face . |
| 11 | They also extend the traditions of the area — the working over of old dumps by ‘ dressers ’ has taken place since ancient times and will , no doubt , continue to do so long after the mines close down . |
| 12 | The experience he has gained in the mines at immediately a man g a man who has been in the mines goes down there again his er n er he gives himself away , because , just because of the experiences . |
| 13 | And it was on this point that the discussions broke down , as Gorbachev was unwilling to allow any element in his package of proposals to be approved without agreement on all the others . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , the discussions broke down in acrimony on May 22 after the Japanese delegation raised the issue of a Japanese woman allegedly abducted by North Korean agents 13 years earlier . |
| 15 | Use the patterns to write down the A three . |
| 16 | The daemons of Chaos came to their aid , and the last spells of the defenders went down . |
| 17 | Small blooms of fire exploded all around the sandbagged post and the steel door , the defenders huddling down for cover . |
| 18 | ‘ In the end I held them against my side under my arm with the suspenders dangling down and some woman said , ‘ Eh , girl them suspenders look as if you should be milking them . ’ |
| 19 | On Free movement of persons , immigration and asylum the European Council " noted the reports on immigration and asylum drawn up … by the ministers responsible … [ and ] agreed on the programme of work and the timetables laid down " . |
| 20 | This is a problem from which the ordinary courts are not immune , but it is true that this type of uncertainty is absent from the rival schemes because there the courts lay down the precise meaning which a term should bear . |
| 21 | We are very willing to accept that those parts of the judges ' visitorial jurisdiction which were not incident to the administration of justice in the courts passed down through the routes suggested by Sir William and Professor Baker , but in the context of the present case , where the court has for the first time to inquire into the particular function which is being performed , we are not satisfied that the whole of the visitorial jurisdiction passed by this route . |
| 22 | The law reports abound with examples of the courts striking down or challenging exercises of discretion for improper purposes . |
| 23 | It really is time for the courts to stamp down on motoring infringments . |
| 24 | The Germans climbed down to him , packed snow into the head wound , then dragged him to a ledge . |
| 25 | It was all too much , waiting for that upstart Hitler to make up his mind ; to envisage the Germans strutting down the Mall as they 'd strutted down the Champs Élysées . |
| 26 | As the foundations went down , the spirits of the volunteers at NAM rocketed . |
| 27 | It was a good ten minutes later when they seemed to come to the last of The Courts , for the houses dropped down to two-storey , then one-storey ; and then they were confronted by an iron open-work gate set in a brick wall all of seven feet high . |
| 28 | Yes , yes he , that was his business to buy the houses run down and then re re renovating them and then selling them off again you know , but it was good when the houses were n't in prices up , but now when they go down is er , he 's not doing very well just now , you know ? |
| 29 | He says there was shooting and rockets and the houses burnt down . |
| 30 | Desperate for quiet they called police who told the old-timers to pipe down . |