Example sentences of "[verb] it down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think they 've all got their own washing machines on the ward and that sort of thing , whereas we had to do it by hand and then bundle it all up and send it down to the laundry . |
| 2 | They reckoned They was going to pull it down after the War . |
| 3 | Taczek hoisted his fist and smacked it down on the table with a hollow bang . |
| 4 | And puts it into roast in the oven , and takes it out after fifty minutes and then you get Philadelphia cheese and white wine melt it down in the wine |
| 5 | well , somebody found it down by the river just at the back of where they live so it must have been somebody round about |
| 6 | We found it down by the Seal . |
| 7 | ‘ Why do n't yer chuck it down in the dustbin ? ’ he suggested . |
| 8 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
| 9 | And she slammed it down on the desk . |
| 10 | ‘ He got what he wanted and slammed it down on the counter . |
| 11 | Cranston stuck his red , bulbous nose into a tankard , took one slurp and slammed it down on the table . |
| 12 | Sir John drained his tankard and slammed it down on the table . |
| 13 | Surprisingly , Cranston agreed , drained the cup and slammed it down on the table . |
| 14 | Vologsky finished the bottle off and slammed it down upon the table . |
| 15 | After the third ‘ Carry On ’ , the cast had been offered a profit-sharing scheme — and had all turned it down on the advice of their agents , who thought they would be better off getting increased salaries . |
| 16 | The slogans were in ill-formed , illiterate script and Owen at first put it down as the work of children ; not the children who went to the kuttub , who were infants , but older youths . |
| 17 | Shannon had , rather uncharitably , put it down to the lure of the man 's fame — people simply liked to be close to the famous . |
| 18 | I put it down to the necessity for him to exhibit his physical superiority from time to time , in order to maintain his ‘ throne ’ and his following of stooges . |
| 19 | Put it down to the wine ! |
| 20 | You argue with one another and put it down to the fact that people who are prejudiced are ignorant . |
| 21 | No , because er I always put it down to the fact that most of our takings were in coin , it was very seldom that you had a pound note , you possibly had a ten pound note in those days but most of it was coinage and the cash when it was married up , was put into steel bound wooden boxes . |
| 22 | Insiders put it down to the pressure of competing for six and seven figure salaries . |
| 23 | ‘ Put it down to the movement of the ship . |
| 24 | She took hold of it and put it down on the floor . |
| 25 | Julia got out of bed , took the tray back from Annunziata , put it down on the chest of drawers and hugged her . |
| 26 | Just put it down on the side there . |
| 27 | I felt disinclined actually to hand to him the piece of paper I was holding , and so put it down on the end of his bed . |
| 28 | He sipped at his wine again , then put it down on the arm of his chair and , keeping a finger and thumb on the stem , twisted it one way , then the other . |
| 29 | From one of the voluminous pockets he produced a bottle of Scotch and put it down on the table . |
| 30 | Well put it down on the table for a minute then . |