Example sentences of "[verb] down the [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laverne points down the bank on the other side of the road . |
| 2 | Rangers went ahead when a superb ball from John Brown allowed David Robertson to go down the line on the left , and McCoist was on the spot to whip home the cross . |
| 3 | Thursday 's poll will bring down the curtain on the Campaign Sketch . |
| 4 | This time the ascension does not bring down the curtain on the life of Jesus ; instead , the curtain goes up on the life of the Church . |
| 5 | The room was hot when he entered , and he turned down the thermostat on the wall . |
| 6 | That inquiry turned down the application on the grounds that the mink farmers could not guarantee that mink would not escape . |
| 7 | The Civic Society was naturally very pleased t that we the council turned down the application on the National Power site . |
| 8 | Cross a field and take the track towards New Barn Farm before heading down the footpath on the left signed Chillerton . |
| 9 | Donna had managed to disguise the worst of the bruising on her top lip beneath some foundation cream and a little rouge had given at least some artificial colour to her cheeks , but as she pulled down the sun-visor on the driver 's side and peered into the mirror she realized she looked as tired as she felt . |
| 10 | The abrupt cut can be softened by a lap dissolve , originally done by gradually closing down the iris on the lens ( a fade-out ) , winding back the film and then opening up the iris for the same length of time and film ( a fade-in ) . |
| 11 | We have nailed down the lid on the recession . |
| 12 | Gavers , naturally checking on his fellow lensmen , added : ‘ The camera work was superb , especially the one running down the line on the rails . |
| 13 | Or indeed the work that you 've just been discussing that we 've all pursued jointly in pinning down the government on the transfer of undertakings directive . |
| 14 | Rachaela took the card , opened her bag , and put down the money on the smeary table . |
| 15 | He put down the tray on the floor , and brought out her cap from the pocket in his coat into which he had stuffed it , saying , however , ‘ Let go your hair or I do n't return it . ’ |
| 16 | And when , in the evening , the restaurant was busy again , Tildy put down the food on the tables and said quietly , ‘ Do you know what a man in the restaurant did to me today ? |
| 17 | Write down the objective on the list below then follow it with the immediate goals for the action required . |
| 18 | Laverne slides and scrambles down the bank on the other side . |
| 19 | Traditional Irish music and song at its very best rolls down the curtain on the Festival folk music programme for another year . |
| 20 | PROMOTER Brian Snagg brings down the curtain on the dinner/boxing season at the Devonshire House Sporting Club tomorrow night . |