Example sentences of "down the [adj -er] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	I walked to him and , as he pulled down the lower part of the head-wrap from across his mouth , he introduced himself as Idris .
2	She sluiced down the lower half of his body in the bath , rinsed the nappy and carried him back into the bedroom .
3	Tilting the head back , aiming accurately and pulling down the lower lid were other areas of difficulty .
4	Unstable rock , high on the left flank , periodically cascades down the lower section of the route .
5	Guillamon leaned forward and pulled down the lower lid of his eye .
6	After a few months he could strip down the simpler engines , service and reassemble them .
7	The drive was tree-lined , so they went down the farther side , only visible now and then .
8	As the hydrogen bonds break down the denser liquid phase is thus formed ( see section 2.2 ) .
9	Beneath the point lies Krander 's whirlpool , a notorious navigational hazard , powerful enough at times to drag down the smaller prahus , so most sailors steer well clear of it .
10	As Tamar placed him in his grandmother 's arms , tears rolled down the older woman 's cheeks .
11	Perhaps now is the time to run down the older methods and , if this is not the case , maybe some additional training is required .
12	Also going down the lighter weight waterproof path are Mountain Equipment with their new Alpine Suit in Gore-Tex and 2-ply Taslan .
13	Face rubbed against face , the taller ones squelching down the shorter ones , the darker ones overshadowing the lighter ones .
14	When the brew is at your preferred strength , just push down the plunger to halt the brewing process and strain the leaves .
15	That said , there is a playful yet authoritative personality here , which makes the quasi-erotic experience of pressing down the plunger ( an action that the semiotician of coffee Pierre Beaudidlez has described as having an ‘ ecstatic rightness ’ ) especially piquant .

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