Example sentences of "[verb] down [art] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | However , the use of pig fat in the enfleurage process will be off-putting to the vegetarian who may have to forgo the pleasures of jasmine and tuberose or track down a supplier of the even more elusive vegetable oil absolutes . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Then I took some smaller bombs and planted them inside some of the rabbit holes , stamping down the roofs of the tunnel entrances so that they caved in and left only the straw fuses sticking out . |
4 | Laverne points down the bank on the other side of the road . |
5 | However , Marx believed that ruling class ideology could only slow down the disintegration of the system . |
6 | AIDS patients are being given a new vaccine which could slow down the effects of the disease . |
7 | This narrowing or furring up of the arteries can slow down the flow of the blood to your heart ( giving rise to the condition known as angina ) or even cut off the supply completely , at which point a heart attack then occurs . |
8 | The Institute of Housing , in more moderate tones , claims that the replacement of fair rents by market rents will slow down the decline of the private rented sector rather than revive it . |
9 | Any friction at the hammer pivot will slow down the movement of the hammer , tending to make the action sluggish . |
10 | It is believed the characteristic dimply appearance results from a build-up of toxins and fluid which can slow down the metabolism of the cells . |
11 | But , to his credit , de Valera toned down the catholicism in the drafts suggested to him by the clergy , consulted Rome , and was successful in getting it at least to be neutral about his preferred formulations ( Keogh 1987 : . |
12 | How good that wine tasted , if only because I secretly thought , what a rare old vintage I must be quaffing , laid down no doubt before the Battle of Trafalgar ! |
13 | THE LATE Jock Stein laid down a strategy for the World Cup when he said that a team could wear working clothes to qualify , but needed to find evening dress for the event itself . |
14 | In addition to specifying what the core should contain , the framework laid down the percentage of the timetable to be allocated to some subjects , for example , English and mathematics were each to be allocated ten per cent . |
15 | With the final umbrella of the Charter , which theoretically laid down the principles of the paper and what it stood for , the last bricks were put into the edifice . |
16 | Something with a dull gleam flew from his hand , tumbling down the slope of the dune . |
17 | He watched in agony as Ram , with the deliberate movements of long service and old age , tore the cartridge , emptied the powder into the muzzle , and took his ramrod to drive down the rest of the cartridge . |
18 | One of the counters had fallen down a snake to the bottom of the pit . |
19 | Returning to the kitchen , Robyn turns down the thermostat of the central heating and checks that the back door of the house is locked and bolted . |
20 | Since , in 1850 , the one bastion of that order which had escaped major trouble in 1848 was the Russian Empire , it was likely that at some point France would throw down the gauntlet to the tsar . |
21 | ‘ This , ’ he says slapping down a copy of THE FACE — bare-chested Marky Mark on its cover — with an air of triumphalism , ‘ is more homoerotic than our pictures ! ’ |
22 | He 's trampled on my alstroemerias and my dahlias , kicked out my cucumber frame and broken down the fence into the orchard . ’ |
23 | But he goes down a treat at the annual summer conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales . |
24 | Despite subtitles which obviously struggle to get the profane poetry of Tarantino 's script , the film goes down a storm with the festival audience , though the torture does send some people scurrying for the door , among them one Wes Craven , director of the first Elm Street movie and much else . |
25 | If the red ball goes down the edge of the white ball ? |
26 | The wind has varied for them between 20 and 40 knots and it has , in the main , blown from the west , allowing them sleigh rides down the faces of the big waves . |
27 | Most experts agree that restoring the balance would entail a massive engineering project drawing down the levels of the reservoirs to below that of the dams to enable young fish to reach the sea quicker . |
28 | After he 'd found the half-burned counterfoil slips from the railway tickets stuffed down the back of the apartment 's disused fireplace , his next move had been to return to his Militia post and report that an anonymous source had given him some information on the whereabouts of Alina Petrovna , escapee from the prison hospital and probable murderer of the psychiatrist Belov . |
29 | At that moment , too , there was another diversion — a large black and white cat appeared from some kitchen region and stalked down the passage between the tables . |
30 | Waving his men into a pincer formation , Mortimer surprised the small group of machete-wielding rebels who were trying to wear down the staff of the building . |