Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] down [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , the computer goes down for a hour , it 's three-quarters of the day to get everything back and validated , and that 's a major interruption . |
| 2 | And the prince goes down through the wood to another exit |
| 3 | Now , suddenly , a jay looks down from a hiding place in a lichened oak and slips away without breaking the silence : stealthy , cunning , typical of the inveterate egg thief . |
| 4 | A seven-spot ladybird bears down on a group of hapless aphids |
| 5 | When , on his final journey to the police station , Raskolnikov kneels down in the middle of the Haymarket and kisses ‘ the earth , the filthy earth ’ ( zemlya ) as Sonya has bidden , it is entirely calculated by Dostoevsky that a tipsy artisan should laugh at the strange young man who ‘ is bowing down to the whole world and is kissing the capital city of St Petersburg and its soil ’ ( grunt , the German Grund ) . |
| 6 | Ensure that no masonry falls down into the cavity , where it could interfere with the wall ties . |
| 7 | Keeping the index record size down is helpful because if the inverted indexes are small they can be held in main storage , and so cut search times down to a minimum . |
| 8 | On the other hand , it conveys God 's presence because light shines down upon the world and illuminates everything within it . |
| 9 | McDunn 's mouth twists down at the edges ; he sucks through his teeth , and for some reason I feel encouraged . |
| 10 | The python runs down like a spring , |
| 11 | When that white light comes down at the end |
| 12 | John King makes a late shuffle after Neil McNab goes down with a stomach upset . |
| 13 | A girl sits down with a man and he says , ‘ I 'm very romantic ’ — that 's advertising . |
| 14 | A girl sits down with a man and he says , ‘ What you need is a good romance and it so happens I 'm very romantic ’ — that 's marketing . |
| 15 | A girl sits down with a man and she says , ‘ I hear you 're very romantic , please take me to dinner ’ — that 's Public Relations ! |
| 16 | A quaint old-world village slopes down to the water , over green downs , quarried like some gigantic rabbit burrow , with the stone workings of seven hundred years ’ . |
| 17 | He turned in a sparkling performance for Derry against eventual All Ireland champions Down in the Ulster semi-final at the Athletic Grounds . |
| 18 | As dialogue continues down on the floor the Inlay Operator prepares for the first of his ‘ big moments ’ ; the establishing shot of the city as seen by the time-travellers . |
| 19 | From a normal sailing position with hands equally spaced either side of the balance point ( marked by tape ) , the back hand B slides down towards the end of the boom . |
| 20 | The south east ridge leads down into a bowl of porridge-like peat , so I bore off eastwards , still rough enough , into the paring wind , crossing the Allt an t-Strathain Mhoir high up to drop down to the church . |
| 21 | The ‘ mouthpiece ’ and the ‘ horn ’ of the trumpet are both open , and a coil hangs down from the middle . |
| 22 | Music 24 songs and nothin' to hear Geoff Dyer goes down to the Springsteen river , and finds that it 's dry |
| 23 | Firms would invite favoured clients or business associates down for a day at Sandwich , either as a reward for past favours rendered or in the hope that the goodwill created would lubricate some future deal . |
| 24 | Sock Shop shuts down in the US . |
| 25 | The grounds lie at the foot of the south Antrim hills , and the land fronting the main buildings slopes down to the shores of Belfast Lough . |
| 26 | The grounds lie at the foot of the south Antrim hills , and the land fronting the main buildings slopes down to the shores of Belfast Lough . |
| 27 | The difference boils down to the fact that the Member of Parliament in Britain is expected by all concerned — his leaders , whips and colleagues to owe his primary loyalty to the party . |
| 28 | At the top the beetles have discovered the dead mouse ; they bury it by tunnelling beneath it and removing the earth from below so that it drops down into the excavation ; at the bottom as the mouse sinks down into the earth the beetles roll it into a ball ready for the reception of their eggs . |
| 29 | But the escarpments are fixed and here , where a stream tumbles down onto the plain , is the site of Claudia 's camp . |
| 30 | Will my right hon. and learned Friend therefore have a meeting with his opposite number at the Department of Trade and Industry and endeavour to bring ECGD rates down to a level which would be more favourable to British exporters ? |