Sentence examples for had passed down from inspiring English sources
"It had never been sold before," he says, "but had passed down through the family for generations.
He had quickly figured out the tricks cadets had passed down to one another to make plebe life easier and recounted them with glee.
He was drawn to the continuity provided by the old families that had passed down brownstones from generation to generation, and the prices were right.
We were singing, doing the twist, waving our arms, yelling "Gator!," lying on the floor and kicking our feet in the air, as people's older siblings had after they saw "Animal House" and had passed down to us.
That afternoon, I had been at a match at a local park with my father — a Liverpudlian, a former professional player and a proud Liverpool supporter — who had passed down the tradition.
Four out of five of the adults surveyed said they read, or would read, their favourite books to their own children, and 26% said their oldest children's book had passed down through two generations of their family.
In the countryside, Kurds have passed down memories of their part in the killings.
The Bush family's affinity for Hispanic issues has passed down through the generations, starting with the current patriarch.
