Example sentences of "[verb] down the [noun pl] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for the interested amateur the travel companies offer trips which include opportunities to follow the grey whales of the San Ignacio Lagoon , view tigers in India , search for orchids and birds of paradise in Papua New Guinea , or track down the gorillas in the Mountains of the Moon . |
| 2 | I do n't want 'em mowing down the tents in the dark . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ No , ’ said Harry , already in his mind scrambling down the rocks in the dark to Severnside . |
| 4 | It said 60 anti-guerrilla units cut down the plants in the indigenous area of Aponte in El Tablon , more than 460km ( 312 miles ) southwest of Bogota , at the weekend . |
| 5 | Radical voices in developing countries began to accuse the West of plotting to keep down the numbers in the Third World so as to maintain their own privileged position . |
| 6 | We tracked down the drivers in the tea-houses of the souk . |
| 7 | As you turn the pages , keep your eye on the volume numbers printed at the top left-hand corner till you see the number of the volume you are seeking ( 45 ) ; then go down the page-numbers in the left-hand margin till you see your page-number ( p.669 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ The wild swan hurries high and noises loud/ with white neck peering to the evening cloud , ’ and ‘ Coy bum barrels [ long-tailed tits ] twenty in a drove/ lit down the hedgerows in the frozen plain/ and hang on little twigs and start again . ‘ |
| 9 | The evidence for the continuance of the policy into the fifth century comes from Thessaly , where Leotychidas had put down the tagos in the 470s ( p. 81 ) . |
| 10 | Write down the numbers in the order . |
| 11 | The western sun would scorch and dazzle and we would pull down the blinds in the compartment . |