Example sentences of "down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first FMLN announcement stated that one of the advisers had died instantly and the others within minutes from their injuries ; however , a further statement on Jan. 9 noted that two members of the unit which brought down the helicopter had been arrested on charges of murdering wounded prisoners of war , and that they would be dealt with according to " war justice " if found guilty . |
| 2 | Azerbaijan accused Armenian forces of shooting down the helicopter , while Armenia claimed that the cause had been poor weather . |
| 3 | When the jobs were done , I switched off my torch and lay on my back listening to a gerbil skidding up and down the tent under the fly-sheet . |
| 4 | If the nylon itself breaks down the tent is irreparable . |
| 5 | When he had rolled a bundle together he began to take down the tent , grabbing at the guy ropes . |
| 6 | Melissa closed her eyes and gnawed her thumb as she struggled to nail down the clue that fluttered moth-like in her memory . |
| 7 | As she wiped down the kitchen wall , she could see herself sitting on the half-buried block where she and her Dad used to picnic , watching the — |
| 8 | And part of it is discipline — you know , making your room up and one day you clean the porch , one day you sweep down the kitchen … you have different duties every day . |
| 9 | By ten-thirty , Beth had cleared away the breakfast things , washed the dishes and stacked them into the big dresser , wiped down the kitchen table , taken the coconut matting from the floor and hung it over the line outside where she beat every speck of dust from it before replacing it over her freshly scrubbed quarry tiles ; all that done she was now enjoying a cup of tea , before setting about the drawing room . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't care for myself , ’ he tells Felicity , walking up and down the kitchen as she prepares dinner . |
| 11 | ‘ Go down the kitchen and find a couple of glasses . |
| 12 | She walked her up and down the kitchen and sang to her . |
| 13 | On finals , the approach speed was initially pegged at 65 knots and I was able to take hands and feet off to confirm that , like a true thoroughbred , the 207 , with just a trickle of power , will go down the glide slope as if born to it . |
| 14 | •Sandy Lyle turned down the invitation to play in the 1989 Ryder Cup . |
| 15 | But in a furious reply to Mersey Regional Health Authority chairman Professor Alisdair Breckenridge , the MP turned down the invitation . |
| 16 | The Convoy Aid Romania coordinator has challenged other mercy groups to a public debate but Cleveland Aid for Romanian Children has turned down the invitation . |
| 17 | It seems that many people , perhaps without even thinking about it , would rather do down the other player than cooperate with the other player to do down the banker . |
| 18 | If firms believe devaluation is likely in the near future , they typically defer investment until after the event , to avoid writing down the asset value . |
| 19 | Dumps are increasingly required to have special liners to stop moisture from seeping in ; to collect and treat any liquid that does get in ; to monitor the waste that is added to a dump ; and to provide for shutting down the landfill at the end of its life and cleaning up any environmental damage that may come later . |
| 20 | There has been a great black smudge all down the crag ever since … ’ . |
| 21 | It dragged down the timbre of his voice to a gruff murmur . |
| 22 | Encouraged by her lack of resistance , he very slowly began to inch down the waist band of her panties . |
| 23 | The Doctor looked up and put on his spectacles which immediately slid down the perspiration on his nose . |
| 24 | Not that he 's the only climber who appears to wish to play down the education aspects of his past — amongst many others with whom you can have sport in this manner are Stephen Venables ( Charterhouse ) , our own Tom Prentice at Climber ( Harrow ) , or even Ed himself ( Uppingham ) . |
| 25 | Though the great majority of students never became deeply involved in radical activity , those who did , together with pupils lower down the education ladder , made up over half the 7,000–8,000 political offenders of the 1860s and 1870s . |
| 26 | Using a small hammer and 10-mm ( ⅜-in ) nails , press down the hardboard at one end of the backing sheet and hammer a nail into the frame , then do the same at the other end of the sheet , to balance the pressure on the back . |
| 27 | He tears down the hardboard panel next to the front door and clambers in , with Iain behind him . |
| 28 | Chatichai had turned down the leadership of the party to which he had formerly belonged , Chart Thai , on July 2 citing old age ( he was 70 ) and political reasons . |
| 29 | On the political left , the government is regularly reviled for running down the welfare state , smashing the trade unions , and waging class war . |
| 30 | Quickly picked up near Cape Town by a passing ship , Swift , in the confidence of sealed orders and of his own determination , persuades the captain to divert his passage to track down the Welfare . |