Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [to-vb] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think that she expected me to run down the shot ’ said Emmons , referring to her magnificent dash across the baseline to reach an all but winning forehand from Bentley which would have given her not only the first set , but also the psychological ‘ first blood ’ . |
| 2 | Trickle filter bacteria are well supplied with vital oxygen , allowing them to break down the fish' wastes efficiently . |
| 3 | The adventurers might have to find some information in Castle Drachenfels to enable them to track down the location of Ghal-Maraz , or they might have to ensure that the Great Enchanter remains safely dead and does n't enter the fray . |
| 4 | The whole movement is conceived in cases such as She got me to break down the door , which have been diagrammed as : In this sense , the infinitive can be said to evoke a subsequent actualization , i.e. an event which is actualized as a consequence of a previous event bringing it into being . |
| 5 | Not allowing himself to glance down the passage in the direction of Madeleine 's bedroom , Harry descended the big staircase and went out of the house . |
| 6 | She could not bring herself to fall down the house stairs . |
| 7 | And Hayling had told him to tone down the politics to smooth away advertisers ' fears that it was going to be a Commie rag . |
| 8 | This meaning contrasts with that found in sentences such as She ordered me to break down the door , where only part of the movement signified by to is actualized : Here the infinitive can be described as evoking a subsequent potentiality , i.e. an event whose actualization is futurized with respect to that of the main verb . |
| 9 | This rather defeats the purpose of having lots of archers since you intended to use them to cut down the enemy as they advance . |
| 10 | He looked suddenly suspicious that I was making fun of him , which I was n't , and grabbed me to look down the front of my dress . |
| 11 | ‘ I might tell you I persuaded her to cut down the list Buckmaster had drawn up of people to be informed . |
| 12 | Churchill 's ‘ overlords ’ certainly enabled him to slim down the Cabinet to sixteen members . |
| 13 | Select a straight board which is wider than the base and use it to tamp down the concrete … |
| 14 | They said it was economically stupid and they would only allow us to burn down the death-house after a noble 's funeral . |
| 15 | Shadows of it still remained at his trial , two years later ; although his lawyer had evidently advised him to tone down the certitude of righteousness , it would slip out . |