Example sentences of "[vb base] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | come and sit down the front here to . |
| 2 | I could not , of course , track down the vagrants who stayed at the union that night . ’ |
| 3 | But for the interested amateur the travel companies offer trips which include opportunities to follow the grey whales of the San Ignacio Lagoon , view tigers in India , search for orchids and birds of paradise in Papua New Guinea , or track down the gorillas in the Mountains of the Moon . |
| 4 | track down the histories and fate of the 903 Norseman aircraft built , in order to compile a complete history of the type and its service . |
| 5 | I feel somewhat like a Saint Bernard as I track down the American conductor John Nelson by telephone across the Alps . |
| 6 | Track down the following books through the index . |
| 7 | An affair with this lovely woman who was so rich and inviting , and Viktor 's brief to him , track down the cross . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , I had to go up into the roof and push down the ballcock when things went wrong . |
| 9 | When the brew is at your preferred strength , just push down the plunger to halt the brewing process and strain the leaves . |
| 10 | Apply cuticle remover all round the nail and gently push down the cuticles with a rubber-tipped hoof stick , a cotton bud , or cotton wool wrapped round an orange stick . |
| 11 | 2 Push down the clutch plate ( a ) and draw back the piston rod ( b ) |
| 12 | It is when these fail that sex , drugs or alcohol are invoked to more effectively push down the pain . |
| 13 | He wore a baggy tracksuit with what looked like a jam stain down the front and egg yolk all down the sleeve . |
| 14 | Once spinning , they are difficult to stop , and they flash down the slopes in a series of great leaps and bounds , making a loud whirring noise , and travel sometimes for hundreds of metres . |
| 15 | When planning how to use the motif on your garment , you centralise the repeat down the centre-line of each garment piece , either with the row of diamonds or , as in the T-shirt version , down the centre of the large tile . |
| 16 | Mow , mow down the tender grass Ebalgume ! |
| 17 | We can turn our backs on the divisions of the past , and tear down the barriers that divide us . |
| 18 | Cumberland now sent orders to the Lords Lieutenant of Lancashire , Westmorland and Cumberland to break up the roads , tear down the bridges and block possible escape routes by felling trees but by the time he reached Preston , on 13 December 1745 , when he was joined by the cavalry sent by General Wade from Newcastle , Prince Charles 's troops had reached Lancaster , 20 miles [ 32 km ] further north , though General Oglethorpe 's detachment was a mere three miles [ 5 km ] behind and almost in contact with the enemy rearguard . |
| 19 | Lay down the kite blank and , using strong parcel tape or similar , stick the spine over the diagonal , and the whole to the work surface . |
| 20 | These lay down the marvellously patterned and polished surface characteristic of cowries . |
| 21 | We lay down the ground rules for creating a successful patio to suit all your needs |
| 22 | Over the past decade a sudden surge of research reports managed to answer the question of when people achieve a basic grasp of psychology : sometime in the fifth year of life we lay down the framework for generalisable inferences about the intentions of others . |
| 23 | And then if if you lay down the joker cards you have to kiss everybody . |
| 24 | It was something of a shock to see one Polynesian , his face a wide grin , trot down the gangplank carrying a sack of flour on his head and one of my suitcases in his right hand . |
| 25 | In spite of the temptation to get the car warmed up , I switch off the engine and wind down the window . |
| 26 | The rest are hauling at the crowbars that wind down the press , hobnails gritting on the frosty concrete . |
| 27 | ‘ Wind down the window ’ , I hear you say . |
| 28 | If applying two coats , lightly rub down the first coat when it is dry to form a good key for the second coat . |
| 29 | For a natural worn look , lightly rub down the varnish when hard with fine steel wool . |
| 30 | They have cleared their shelves of anything that could offend the public or bring down the wrath of the tabloids . |