Example sentences of "[pron] down [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Japan said that it intended to build up its military forces to a high level so that it could cut them down in the interests of peace . |
| 2 | The last leg took me down through the fringes of the Forest of Dean along a narrowing spur . |
| 3 | ‘ Now I come to think of it , ’ he said , easing himself down into the depths of his very easy chair , ‘ that Mrs Entwhistle from the corner said there was something about your dad in one of the Sunday papers , I do n't remember which . ’ |
| 4 | They are greedy for Humans , the sidh , and if they can once trap you with their music they will carry you down to the caves beneath the sea and steal one of your five senses and tear out your soul . ’ |
| 5 | We ca n't have you down in the dumps like this . |
| 6 | Will Carling , the captain of England , is travelling there for the first time and the selectors decided not to weigh him down with the cares of office . |
| 7 | Riven had lost his in the river , but he snatched up one of the long river poles and stabbed it down on the crowds of hairy heads which thronged the water , clicking against skulls . |
| 8 | Er I suppose erm er the , most of the people I 've seen in the last ten years have been people either approaching retirement , planning for retirement or actually at the point of retirement and er we 've obviously looked at this course over a number of years and we try to sort of distil it down to the basics of things that we think are important er and that we think will be useful to you . |
| 9 | Again I put it down to the stresses of presenting a live programme five days a week . |
| 10 | Well I 'd start with wood and er get something rough to work off and then , use me head as I say , get it down to the requirements on the , on the paper and then start to produce eventually , you know and er |
| 11 | So taken it down to the tills at the front , cos they move quicker |
| 12 | He took her hand again , guiding it down within the folds of his pau , then heard her gasp as her hand closed on him ; saw her eyes go down and look . |
| 13 | Maybe they saw ‘ little water-trees , starwort and milfoil and crow foot ’ ; and ‘ green caterpillars which let themselves down from the boughs by silk ropes for no reason at all ’ ; and ‘ great spiders with crowns and crosses marked on their backs ’ . |