Example sentences of "[verb] down [art] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously , the short lives of all those babies and children will have a great effect in bringing down the average figure as even the least mathematical of us will be able to understand . |
| 2 | The Barrington Sports Centre in the Algarve laid down a first-class pitch and I arranged a game for the Lord 's Taverners against a Portuguese Invitation XI to open up the ground . |
| 3 | A computer chip checks voltage levels within the battery , and slows down the recharging process if this increases too rapidly , thereby , according to Innovations , avoiding the danger of explosive gases building up . |
| 4 | Ian MacDonald and he had stripped down the old wreck and searched junk yards for spare parts . |
| 5 | If Unisys Corp 's iAPX-86-with-everything Unix strategy succeeds in building a substantial customer base , particularly among the company 's long-standing mainframe customers , the strategists at AT&T Co , whose NCR Corp is galloping down the same track and has a more extensive Intel Corp-based product line , will have to start weighing up whether a bid for Unisys could be made to make sense : AT&T would likely want a recommended offer , coupled with arrangements for a management buyout of at least one of the conflicting mainframe lines . |
| 6 | Gone are the days when you had to slide down a muddy bank and hold an old mercury one at arms length . |
| 7 | His eyes watered so fiercely that tears ran down his cheeks , but he fought down the choking sensation and his self-esteem soared . |
| 8 | If applying two coats , lightly rub down the first coat when it is dry to form a good key for the second coat . |
| 9 | This is a tricky exercise , but easier if you keep your glove at arm level , shield the bird from the wind with your body , and do n't try to jump down the last foot or two , and so jar the bird . |
| 10 | If the Minister is saying that the proposal is liable to bog down the entire system and cause administrative chaos , he may be right as regards some of the effects . |
| 11 | The Bush administration sent contradictory signals about its intentions to continue its economic strategy of keeping down the federal deficit while awaiting recovery in 1992 . |
| 12 | I suppose , poor woman , she had been repeating this phrase for days on end to hundreds of us on our way out , and she would obviously have preferred us all to disappear down a big hole and relieve her of the tedium of wearing out her voice . |
| 13 | His plane seemed to swoop down a straight slope until an abrupt crackle signalled the moment to pull out . |
| 14 | A YOUNG DRIVER sped off after knocking down a 49-year-old mother and her 25-year-old daughter at Arnold , Notts . |
| 15 | They wandered down a small incline where they stopped on a bridge and stared down into the browny green water . |
| 16 | ( If the proverb is not understood first time , the PP writes down the key word and then repeats the whole proverb up-to-time . ) |
| 17 | Now , if any of you get terribly tense at the back of shoulders which we all seem to do nowadays , if you come for just a back and shoulder massage , we actually work on the back of the neck and along the shoulders using massage movements which helps to relax you , which helps to actually break down the lactic acid that builds up in the muscles that causes you pain . |
| 18 | She remembered looking down the sunny garden and feeling content . |
| 19 | LABOUR MP Dennis Skinner believes three things will bring down the Royal Family and turn Britain into a republic — tax , television and history . |
| 20 | Keep moving right and you should find the concert permit , jump up onto the purple wall and walk right to the other side , get one of the three crates and kill the mugger , then walk to the right and jump up three platforms to reach a heart , fall down to where you started then climb down the ladder with a crate , kill the workman , go down another level and kill the mugger ( avoiding the dog ) , go down another level , climb down the ladder and go down again , you can risk hitting the wire and flame to collect the records ( macho time again ) , climb down a final ladder and jump off to the left . |
| 21 | Again the danger came down the left flank as Dow passed to Drew Waddell who touched down . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It would be agreeable to report that on at last sighting the ocean I , like Vasco Núñez , promptly prayed a lot , rejoiced even more , cut down a fine tree and erected a cross , then had the expedition secretary carefully write down the names of all my companions for posterity . |
| 24 | Cut down the grooming time but do it quickly , efficiently and calmly . |
| 25 | I gulp down the orange drink and order another one . |
| 26 | In the West End area of Newcastle upon Tyne on Sept. 11 up to 300 rioters burned down a public house and started more than 20 other fires . |
| 27 | As I strolled down the next fairway and skirted a mass of heather which cut into the fairway on the angle of the dogleg , I wondered how my boss , Jack Mason , would fare in the tournament . |
| 28 | She crossed the stableyard and went into the house , hurrying down the long passage until she arrived , flushed high in expectation , at the service door to the dining room , where Maman and Dada and Aunt Tossie were eating breakfast . |
| 29 | We run down the other end and have a go at Sunderland fans … and like against Villa when they all got pushed onto the pitch … we 're all in there … |
| 30 | I run down the spiral staircase and along the empty corridor . |