Example sentences of "[noun sg] down a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cut the crap — he 's doing a handrail down a flight of steps , that 's all . |
| 2 | Diana enjoyed herself enormously at the birthday party not least because it brought her sister down a peg or two . |
| 3 | It was high time someone took his young sister down a peg . |
| 4 | ‘ Greed , cynicism , the rotters and the agents have spoiled it , ’ McIlvanney reflects bitterly , ‘ the rotters ’ being the trade term for journalists trained to sniff out sensation or scandal , or failing that , to drop a cheque down a hole and see who bites . |
| 5 | That narrows the field down a bit , if it 's correct . |
| 6 | Nor have there been any informal jolly gatherings when the daily toil of pressing the flesh is over : Mr Kinnock wandering back among the press party , glass of whisky in hand , letting his ( metaphorical ) hair down a little , tipping us just the hint of a wink that this is all just a great game . |
| 7 | The boys were back in town to finish off their latest album of dinkety-bonk and decided to let their hair down a bit after a little light refreshment in the bar . |
| 8 | What we are talking about is moving the responsibility down a stage so that there is a system in place that recognises individual club players and helps them when they move up . |
| 9 | That will bring the eventual budget down a fine tune particularly with regard to er recommendations of the housing committee with regard er to the erm which clearly there will be some people . |
| 10 | You approach the park down a long avenue , past lawns carefully tended and set in a girdle of trees . |
| 11 | After scouring through several reports , he ran his forefinger down a column of figures and discovered the facts behind the old woman 's plight : commodity prices are plunging . |
| 12 | You 've got the notes a b c d e f sharp g sharp a coming down a g sharp f sharp , well it 's not the bloody minor scale then is it ? |
| 13 | After the shop , Mrs Hollidaye took Dot down a shady footpath , moist with ferns and ivy , heavy hedge-tops meeting overhead . |
| 14 | Despite these grim warnings , the end of the season saw the final death toll down a little on last year . |
| 15 | DESPITE AMERICA LETTING THE SIDE DOWN A BIT , SAGE GROUP PROSPERS ON BACK OF NEW PRODUCTS , ACQUISITIONS |
| 16 | I du n no , on the one side down a bit so he was n't so noticeable and round the other side there 's ! |
| 17 | The answer is to send the light down a pipe which guides it round corners . |
| 18 | Each unit acts like an eye , and contains a small lens or facet , which focuses light down a rod ( known as a rhabdom ) made up of layers of light detectors . |
| 19 | Then you take that and taper down a bit and then it 's gon na split again |
| 20 | Maybe you could try to get your weight down a little … ’ there 's a far better chance they 'll listen . ’ |
| 21 | The average business traveller , who does n't pay his own bills or make his own booking , will plump for that option in preference to a detour down a country lane or through suburbs in search of some unknown quantity which might turn out to be a gem . |
| 22 | If you injected cold air you 'd actually chill the furnace down a bit . |
| 23 | In Carlyle Mansions itself , Hayward 's own rooms were at the front of the building and looked over the river and the gardens while Eliot satisfied himself with a study and bedroom down a dark passage at the back of the building . |
| 24 | Yeah , I know it still needs treatment but I mean it 'll try and get the swelling down a bit . |
| 25 | We went back , past the hall down a long , stone passageway to Peckle 's chamber . |
| 26 | Killing an animal harms it , of course ; so does cutting down a tree . |
| 27 | Now all Madame Butterfly had to do was climb down a piece of wood twice her height and fly free . |
| 28 | The Warden had robbed her of her rightful position of importance in the drama , but at least she could make herself feel better by taking this girl down a peg or two . |
| 29 | When their fighting ceased , she sat astride his chest , gradually sliding down to his toes like a small girl down a banister . |
| 30 | Then Vernage noticed Sergeant King staggering down the road in a desperate bid to flag down a car . |