Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] down the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel somewhat like a Saint Bernard as I track down the American conductor John Nelson by telephone across the Alps . |
| 2 | I fought down the ghastly urge coming up from my stomach . |
| 3 | I gulp down the orange drink and order another one . |
| 4 | At many revolutions per second I came down the green slide into Brixton and beyond . |
| 5 | I put down the empty can . |
| 6 | I walk down the real staircase , but I know , like Lot 's wife knew , that everything is crumbling to a smoke screen behind me , the urge to look back slaps at my face , but there has been enough powder to nothing in my life . |
| 7 | I walk down the steep flight of stairs . |
| 8 | I run down the spiral staircase and along the empty corridor . |
| 9 | I rushed down the dark passage to the lavatory with both hands at my face . |
| 10 | Behold how I lay down the great weight of sorrow I have carried with me so long . |
| 11 | I sang down the Bottom Club , so when I went down the next week the manager said I 've just been waiting for you , I 've been waiting for you to come in he said so he said , look the group ca n't come he said , will you sing ? |
| 12 | I went down the wrong route with the referrals and |
| 13 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |
| 14 | To my surprise , by dint of my putting down the front seat , it fitted inside the car , so the public was spared the probably unusual sight of a coffin on a roof-rack . |
| 15 | Yeah , yeah , like I come down the other week and I |
| 16 | Instead of returning by the old fence , however , ( which looked much worse from the top ) , I continued down the main ridge until the final spur , but this was just as steep . |
| 17 | This time there was no mistake : I wrote down the genetic formula , and now I can " evolve " insects whenever I want . |
| 18 | For the second period of ten years again I discount down the full agency rates , totalling fifty nine thousand four hundred and twenty one pounds and ninety six pence year yearly , to the sum of forty thousand pounds annually and to apply a multiplier of six , producing the figure of two hundred and forty thousand pounds for the second period . |
| 19 | It is the official authority ‘ traditionally ’ associated with management , which goes down the scalar chain . |
| 20 | Finally , in December 1945 , the Ministry of Civil Aviation 's White paper on British air services , Cmd. 6712 , which set down the new government 's aviation policy , was submitted to the Cabinet by Lord Winster . |
| 21 | short winter days , with stock outside and bad weather which slowed down the feeding process ; |
| 22 | The financial crisis which brought down the Labour government caused a rapid increase in the cost of unemployment assistance , an increase which pre-Keynesian economic theory held to be highly undesirable . |
| 23 | Will ye put down the fucking poker ? ’ |
| 24 | Coat each hair with a fine translucent film which smooths down the rough surface & seals the hair to prevent moisture loss . |
| 25 | THE captain of the USS Vincennes , which shot down the Iranian airbus , has been awarded a medal for ‘ exceptionally meritorious conduct ’ . |
| 26 | If you ignore the rule which tells you to drive down the left- hand side of the road in Britain you may crash your car . |
| 27 | Resting her head wearily against the hard banister rail , she fought down the momentary surge of panic . |
| 28 | She choked down the sudden lump in her throat , rejecting a surge of self-pity she had no need for . |
| 29 | She gulped down the proffered glass of Coca-Cola quickly . |
| 30 | After the stale fug in the tiny cabin , she gulped down the clean sea air , the car window wide open . |