Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] down the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there are plans to scale down the additional pension , this will not affect anyone retiring before 1998 and will only marginally affect those retiring by 2009 . |
| 2 | Now British Gas have been forced to scrap plans to pull down the 110-year-old hulk . |
| 3 | Well , the most serious one , I suppose , is that there were some people in a car driving down the bottom end of Commerical Street and they had their windows broken by stones thrown by Hereford lads . |
| 4 | of cocks sucked down the deep end 's outlet hole , |
| 5 | Scott wandered down the short set of steps to Carol 's door , noticing that there was a pint of milk on the step . |
| 6 | They insist she puts a blanket over her knees to damp down the chief rabbi 's blood pressure . |
| 7 | Recognizing the complexities and psychological dangers of this awesome doctrine , most non-Puritan clergy played down the Calvinist theory of salvation to such an extent that many of their parishioners were able to continue to believe that their conduct could influence their destination after death . |
| 8 | Dundee defender , Steve Pittman , latched on to a defensive error by John Inglis to race down the left flank . |
| 9 | A Feminist Dictionary , compiled by Cheris Kramarae and Paula Treichler , is not just a nonsexist version of the standard dictionary , but an attempt to break down the monolithic authority of dictionaries in general . |
| 10 | Christianson and Loftus ( 1987 ) had subjects write down the central detail from each slide and Christianson and Loftus ( 1991 ) had them evaluate the affective quality of each slide , both these studies showed results which appeared to be consistent with Easterbrook 's hypothesis . |
| 11 | At snow falling down the blinded door . |
| 12 | The reasons are all too obvious : children in the camps , when asked to draw a picture about their lives at home , almost invariably produce scenes including helicopters bombing their farms or bodies dripping with blood flowing down the local stream . |
| 13 | Dennis ran down the concrete slope and leapt in as the craft relaunched itself with a loud splash , taking on quite a lot of water . |
| 14 | And every parent has just been sent a letter — which claims ’ both Labour and the Liberal Demcrats have stated their intention to close down the remaining grammar schools . ’ |
| 15 | Her eyes ran down the black jacket to where the man 's watch was half hidden by a white cuff . |
| 16 | If the drains get blocked , this cover can be removed and drain rods pushed down the rodding point to clear them . |
| 17 | But do n't be fooled by the island 's exotic name or location just off Africa — once the sun goes down the whole place comes alive . |
| 18 | Cornelius laid down the unsipped glass . |
| 19 | At that moment Jack Carter and Dougal Munro came down the main staircase . |
| 20 | With a gasp of despair Ruth slammed down the half-empty glass of champagne and covered her face with her hands . |
| 21 | Fei Yen stood by the window looking down the steep slope towards the terrace and the ornamental lake . |
| 22 | The law lays down the general principle , and the doctor who acts skilfully , reasonably , and in good faith is protected . |
| 23 | Katherine put down the empty glass with a start , she had n't realized that she had been drinking . |
| 24 | Maggie put down the rolling pin . |
| 25 | But Jack had only one thought as he and Tina ran down the broken tarmac of the estate road , finally arriving breathless at the front door of the Shepherd 's house . |
| 26 | But only Motherwell have shown interest and Hauser turned down the Premier League side after failing to agree personal terms . |
| 27 | Partnerships could henceforth be established between consenting adults so that ‘ two men could live permanently together without fearing prattling informers bringing down the criminal law upon them ’ . |
| 28 | It is a good idea to fit servicing valves before all taps so that they can be rewashered without the need to drain down the whole pipe ( and , possibly , the whole cistern ) . |
| 29 | White House officials played down the revolutionary tenor of Reagan 's comments , saying that no new infusion of money was set aside for lasers , only that a ‘ reorganisation ’ of the new disparate research projects is underway . |
| 30 | Again the danger came down the left flank as Dow passed to Drew Waddell who touched down . |