Example sentences of "[vb infin] down on the [adj] [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Eva said , ‘ For Christ 's sake , ca n't you cut down on the bloody mysticism — we 're not in Beckenham now . |
| 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 make no impression on it and all the time I am afraid that its flapping tail will come down on the taut line and snap it like a dry twig . |
| 8 | We can get down on the high street any of these times and it drops us back up here . |
| 9 | They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore . |
| 10 | I helped him sit down on the one centre thwart and arranged his legs as comfortably as possible , Harry cursing and wincing by turns . |