Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Victoria was asleep and the detective paused a few yards away to swing Richard down to the ground . |
| 2 | We filled that and while they were eating that we kept the hay , hay , cut it through a rick , a big thin knife , you know , fill the remainder of the racks with the hay , so that by the time they 'd gone and finished that they 'd gone in to eat the hay , then we 'd got the yard free to litter it out , and to straw it on both sides , one would be on the , one down on the bottom to pull straw down into the yard , and that was . |
| 3 | Many favour using massed war engines to rain doom down on the enemy , while others prefer fast-moving cavalry armies able to respond to any threat . |
| 4 | Mexico is often depicted as being characterised by ‘ charrismo ’ , the phenomenon of trade unions being controlled by the state , in order to keep wages down in the service of capital accumulation and accelerated economic growth . |
| 5 | Hoeing , the traditional way to keep weeds down during the summer , is very effective for beds and borders and among vegetables , provided you do it frequently and do not let perennial weeds form a good root system . |
| 6 | West Brom were then safe and were not too bothered about letting Stoke beat them to send Leeds down after the trouble that Leeds fans had caused at the Hawthorns . |
| 7 | And £22,730 will be used to help pay for repairs to bridge steps down to the riverside at Llangollen . |
| 8 | ( A frog horn is a gas-powered small-craft warning which was used at the melin to get Nigel down from the millpond to the telephone . |
| 9 | Cards have got to go face down on the table |