Example sentences of "[verb] down the [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously , the short lives of all those babies and children will have a great effect in bringing down the average figure as even the least mathematical of us will be able to understand . |
| 2 | A computer chip checks voltage levels within the battery , and slows down the recharging process if this increases too rapidly , thereby , according to Innovations , avoiding the danger of explosive gases building up . |
| 3 | Ian MacDonald and he had stripped down the old wreck and searched junk yards for spare parts . |
| 4 | His eyes watered so fiercely that tears ran down his cheeks , but he fought down the choking sensation and his self-esteem soared . |
| 5 | If the Minister is saying that the proposal is liable to bog down the entire system and cause administrative chaos , he may be right as regards some of the effects . |
| 6 | The Bush administration sent contradictory signals about its intentions to continue its economic strategy of keeping down the federal deficit while awaiting recovery in 1992 . |
| 7 | ( If the proverb is not understood first time , the PP writes down the key word and then repeats the whole proverb up-to-time . ) |
| 8 | Now , if any of you get terribly tense at the back of shoulders which we all seem to do nowadays , if you come for just a back and shoulder massage , we actually work on the back of the neck and along the shoulders using massage movements which helps to relax you , which helps to actually break down the lactic acid that builds up in the muscles that causes you pain . |
| 9 | She remembered looking down the sunny garden and feeling content . |
| 10 | LABOUR MP Dennis Skinner believes three things will bring down the Royal Family and turn Britain into a republic — tax , television and history . |
| 11 | Again the danger came down the left flank as Dow passed to Drew Waddell who touched down . |
| 12 | It seems that many people , perhaps without even thinking about it , would rather do down the other player than cooperate with the other player to do down the banker . |
| 13 | Cut down the grooming time but do it quickly , efficiently and calmly . |
| 14 | I gulp down the orange drink and order another one . |
| 15 | She crossed the stableyard and went into the house , hurrying down the long passage until she arrived , flushed high in expectation , at the service door to the dining room , where Maman and Dada and Aunt Tossie were eating breakfast . |
| 16 | We run down the other end and have a go at Sunderland fans … and like against Villa when they all got pushed onto the pitch … we 're all in there … |
| 17 | I run down the spiral staircase and along the empty corridor . |
| 18 | After years of frustrated attempts to regain control of the site , Hindu extremists brought the issue to an explosive head this year by threatening to tear down the crumbling mosque and build a temple devoted to Lord Rama . |
| 19 | Firefighters spent more than eight hours at the scene , damping down the smouldering straw and attempting to discover how the blaze started . |
| 20 | We climbed down the notched-pole ladder and picked our way through the muddy ground towards the back path , passing the neatly stacked woodpile and the growing heap of freshly gathered pine-needles . |
| 21 | Stand some four yards or so behind the ball , look down the ball-to-target line and try to see the ideal shot in your mind . |
| 22 | The man now walked down the central aisle and halted beside the projector , where he turned and spoke . |
| 23 | I mean , the only way you could do that would be if you had a till at one end and people bought whatever they wanted and were given a voucher and you walked down the other end and exchanged |
| 24 | Liessa swings down the mounting ladder and lands with her legs locked around Laolith 's leathery neck . |
| 25 | Furthermore , eligibility for statutory payments declined down the occupational ladder and those eligible for payment earned more than those ineligible — findings particularly significant for women . |
| 26 | The brief silence seemed to stretch down the long room and hold fast by the pillars of the door , and every eye in the hall fixed greedily on the three at the high table . |
| 27 | Delaney felt dizzy , trying to fight down the rising imagination that would produce symptoms out of nothing . |
| 28 | They commissioned William White to build the church in 1871 , built a school and new cottages , pulled down the old manor and the cottages surrounding it and erected a large Victorian house . |
| 29 | At the height of the heatwave , with Hurley in Washington , Coleman finally had to notify the embassy that he was closing down the listening post and moving into the hotel across the street to save the equipment as well as the family from overheating . |
| 30 | With the RAF closing down the adjacent airfield and it going on the market next year , YAM ‘ hope to expand and seek to continue to expand ’ , remarked Ian . |