Example sentences of "[verb] down a [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | One of the counters had fallen down a snake to the bottom of the pit . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 ! ’ |
| 5 | But he goes down a treat at the annual summer conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Labour MPs put down a motion in the House of Commons calling for the removal from office of the president of the NIRC for ‘ political prejudice and partiality ’ . |
| 8 | The European Community has turned down a request from the British Government for nearly twenty-five million pounds to assist coal-mining regions affected by pit closures . |
| 9 | The party had officially received less than 3 per cent of the votes in the April general election ( see p. 36603 ) , and before the poll Mestiri had turned down a proposal by the ruling RCD for a national coalition . |
| 10 | They withdrew down a gulley to the beach under fire that intensified as they remained below the cliffs , a sea mist shrouding their signals to the landing craft . |
| 11 | TOLLY beer from Suffolk is going down a storm among the wine drinkers of Italy.And ale from Tolly 's Cliff Brewery in Ipswich could soon be wetting the whistles of beer-lovers in Canada , Germany , Holland and France.Tolly bosses are celebrating after exporting 1,200 cases of their special Year Beer , Cantab , to Italy — and they have received inquiries from four other countries.Brian Cowie , Tolly 's joint managing director , said interest from abroad had initially come since the brewery 's name had been publicised on BBC television 's recent Troubleshooter programme . |
| 12 | I was once chuntering down a slope in the peaty Mount Keen country above the Angus glens and leapt off the top of an eroded peat hag . |
| 13 | Once Buckthorn disturbed a snake , and leapt into the air as it whipped between his paws to vanish down a hole at the foot of a birch . |
| 14 | The WRU yesterday turned down a request by the Merit Table clubs for a meeting tomorrow to discuss the proposed national leagues . |
| 15 | Second , he turned down a proposal from the Kennedy administration to create a Multilateral Nuclear Force ( MLF ) , in which British and French nuclear forces would have been integrated with some American forces under NATO command . |
| 16 | Both were involved in the opening goal , Johnrose heading down a corner from the right by Paul Cross and Saville striking a shot Kevan Smith sliced , as he attempted to clear , into the Darlington net . |
| 17 | A gold ring from Kalyvia shows a naked woman pulling down a bough of the sacred tree and another worshipping at a boulder . |
| 18 | to level down a fault in the ocean floor . |
| 19 | It provides tools for breaking down a painting into the light , colour and space used by the painter . |
| 20 | First decide on the video format , and then jot down a short-list of the features you consider to be really essential , bearing in mind the cost of the models which include these . |
| 21 | Jot down a timetable of the times when you ought to stop answering each question . |
| 22 | The President would lose the right to put down a motion for the government 's dismissal . |
| 23 | Now , the er , whilst we can not expect them to adopt say our ideals , because we are er , you know , we 're probably more modernised in lots of ways , but we can set a standard which they work towards , and er , he mentioned about the fact that people er , the unemployment 's coming down a lot with the jobs , they 're just part-time jobs , and they 're very cheap paid jobs , and very er bad conditions for a lot of people as far as health and safety goes . |
| 24 | When Gran was small , water was obtained at her Rollestone Street home by lifting a trap door in the floor and letting down a container into the stream below . |
| 25 | The shopkeeper slammed the door behind them and quickly pulled down a blind with the word CLOSED on it . |
| 26 | Police broke down a door at the back of the house and ordered four people inside to leave with their hands on their heads . |
| 27 | Try its lively , grassy , gooseberry-like '90 Sauvignon , Vin de Pays du Jardin de la France from Guy Saget ( £3.55 ) that would go down a treat with the Mushroom & Parmesan Risotto ( page 120 ) , or the Lemon & Mustard Mackerel ( page 122 ) . |
| 28 | Numbers — Although it 's good fun for three or more people to abseil down a rope at the same time , normally no more than two should be attached to the same descendeur . |
| 29 | It went down a treat with the matrons in safe seats like South-west Surrey . |
| 30 | In a spasm of irritation he pulled a cloak over his nightshirt , took down a pistol from the wall , and went downstairs into the chilly , stone-smelling darkness of the ground floor , looking for servants . |