Example sentences of "[vb pp] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the late 1980s , Ceauşescu 's suspicions and caprices had whittled down the numbers of his long-term favourites . |
| 2 | The establishment of a core group of drawings to be used as a starting point for the attribution of other sheets on stylistic grounds remains the principal method of research and Mr Royalton-Kisch felt that the present exhibition has contributed to the furtherance of this work which , in the case of the British Museum , has whittled down the number of sheets from the 106 accepted by Benesch to eighty-four . |
| 3 | It is also a rather different exhibition conceptually : Alfonso Perez Sanchez , former Director of the Prado and co-organiser of the show , has declared that he wants the Spanish to get to know ‘ the real Ribera ’ , which means that he has whittled down the number of works . |
| 4 | But a comparison with science departments at other universities — such as the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge — shows that Imperial College has not been too badly treated down the years . |
| 5 | Louise smiled a slow smile , and smoothed down the skirt of her dress . |
| 6 | She uncurled her legs , determinedly smoothed down the neat white culottes , and stood up . |
| 7 | On the pavement , Jo shook herself free and smoothed down the front of her leather mini-skirt . |
| 8 | Caroline tugged at the thin straps that held the red silk up over the generous curve of her breasts , then smoothed down the skirt as if her touch might somehow magically make it extend beyond her thighs . |
| 9 | It was too big to have fallen down the plug-hole , or so it was reckoned . |
| 10 | The youngster had fallen down the steep embankment on the Colchester side of the station , injuring her back and legs , and was unable to move . |
| 11 | Perhaps the pussy had fallen down the well again , they thought . |
| 12 | This identity of message was recognized down the line , and had the effect that one would have expected . |
| 13 | He 's trampled on my alstroemerias and my dahlias , kicked out my cucumber frame and broken down the fence into the orchard . ’ |
| 14 | But practitioners usually encounter elders at just those times when crisis has broken down the security of routine . |
| 15 | Erik Olin Wright , for example , has broken down the concept of ‘ determination ’ into six distinct relations : structural limitation , selection , reproduction/non-reproduction , limits of functional compatibility , transformation and mediation . |
| 16 | As tasks were broken down the office became like a production line for mental work . |
| 17 | Erm I 've broken down the costing into each of the sizes we will produce , the thirty three millilitres , the one litre and the two litre sizes . |
| 18 | The UVA rays have broken down the elastin fibres , or support structure of the skin , resulting in severe premature skin ageing . |
| 19 | he has n't broken down the mileage into how it 's assigned . |
| 20 | For a time it was popular to suggest that reversals in the earth 's magnetic field , which we know to have been sudden , may have temporarily broken down the protective shield provided by the van Allen Belt against cosmic rays and so stimulated evolution by way of genetic mutation . |
| 21 | Methodism had broken down the old geographical barriers so that now nearly all areas had their Nonconformists . |
| 22 | While parental choice embodied in the Educational Reform Act has broken down the traditional secondary-feeder primary school catchment areas , for the vast number of secondary schools their associated primaries are unchanged . |
| 23 | Nine days after the first spillage the government 's Marine Pollution Control Unit declared : " The stormy weather has broken down the oil and driven it out to sea . |
| 24 | The judge said during the raid Munn stood in front of the counter and the man who had broken down the screen handed him out the £6,460 from the teller 's cash drawers . |
| 25 | And Joanna had sped down the outer stairway , crying and joyous at once . |
| 26 | Ian MacDonald and he had stripped down the old wreck and searched junk yards for spare parts . |
| 27 | Images , feelings and emotions are drained down the cords and into the hands of the Great Enchanter , who crushes them into a frail stream of dust , all that remains of the soul . |
| 28 | For many people the saddest aspect was the selectors ' policy of playing Randall at number three ; every fan in the country could have told them that he should have batted down the order and that exposing him so early was almost certain to fail . |
| 29 | Chairs must be placed down the room , back to back , one less in number than the players who gallop round them in time to the music . |
| 30 | Local inhabitants recall that thistles used to be placed down the outside school toilets before the unsuspecting used them ! |