Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [verb] down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lunar light gleamed on gold , and his intake of breath was almost loud enough to echo down the alleyway . |
| 2 | Brahmadaitya are kind to humans , though should one be foolish enough to chop down the palm tree where this spirit lives , the offender 's neck will be snapped , like a twig . |
| 3 | It was easy enough to climb down the covers on to the floor . |
| 4 | McNeil , anxious to snatch victory before a suspension gave Wood a chance to recover , broke serve to love , hitting a perfect backhand return down the line on match point . |
| 5 | First of all you started off with a reference to P P G twelve , and I fear my pen was n't fast enough to note down the paragraph number , perhaps you could remind me ? |
| 6 | However the emergence of anti-heroes like Billy Bunter , the demotion of romance to children 's literature , are obvious consequences of the Western world 's fifteen-hundred-year long climb down the ladder of literary modes . |
| 7 | Non-existent until about I should n't think there was an a bus did come to the bottom of Road , I ca n't remember what was , it must have been about nineteen twenty I suppose something like that , it used to go to the bottom of Road and turn round there , but I never er my mother always used to say you 'd ruin the trade , the trade down well I do n't believe it did really er now I think the lack of transport now you 've hit something there , lack of transport there encouraged people to shop in Green rather to go down the town cos you could get anything off Green you know , you just think you 'd ju you , you smiled about the er butcher 's shops , the grocer 's shops , the cake shops , you could get the gents , you could get anything on Green the ironmonger shop , you need n't go anywhere else but , when they started transport er yes I think the buses had quite a bit gradually cos things that , you do n't think get things happening in this country overnight I mean , they grow on you do n't they ? |
| 8 | ‘ And she was the only one thin enough to get down the hole . |
| 9 | Indeed , it was found to be difficult sometimes to keep down the number of journals to a manageable size . |