Example sentences of "[vb infin] down [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the third floor offices of the NME you could gaze down on the clueless hordes below . |
| 2 | In their small hamlets drink was associated with Cossack brutality , when horsemen would swoop down into the Jewish shtetels after Easter and terrorize the people . |
| 3 | He also says that Caesar started off in the lower classes and built himself up to where he stood and could only look down on the lower classes by turning his back on his friends and former colleagues . |
| 4 | ‘ Must cut down on the bloody fags , ’ he told himself . |
| 5 | Well , I think if you see a good idea , you want to share it , and I think anything that we can do that will cut down on the terrible casualties and the deaths on our roads of , particularly of children , we must do it . |
| 6 | Leaks from Clinton 's team suggest Democrats may clamp down on the massive amounts executives can earn . |
| 7 | I even went , I was dying to go to the toilet so I thought oh I 'll go down to the big er and I had no toilet paper so I 'll go down to the big toilets and shower rooms . |
| 8 | Other comments ( from other authors ) that you find interesting and that look as if they might be useful can go down in the blank spaces . |
| 9 | said of driving all the way back round to collect them , he said I could walk down to the Jolly Farmers |
| 10 | But it did not deal with the reasons why people were poor ; it did not get down to the underlying needs of the sick , the disabled , the fatherless , and so on . |