Example sentences of "[vb infin] down on the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 You know , when you go straight there , and sometimes you get it , it 's not constructive , you know , but if I 'm getting jumped on , I tend to perhaps jump , jump down on the people below me .
2 They are the ones who can look down on the competition from the grandstand near the finish on Westminster Bridge .
3 From where he stood , high up , he could look down on the roofs of the houses .
4 Carolyn lay on her side , spine curved , head right on the edge of the bed so that she could stare down on the baby in its cot beside her .
5 Well I know Bon said er they 'd they 'd cut down on the recruiting in fact , I think they 'd closed one of the hospitals in Bristol in the Frenchay where she is has actually got to take erm qualified nurses from that hospital before they take student nurses that they 've trained
6 This would cut down on the number of naps , foists and pickpockets who plagued these places like the locusts of Egypt .
7 Do cut down on the use of heated appliances if you can and always use a diffuser attachment on your hairdryer .
8 Paul spends most of the rest of his letter dealing with the problem in Corinth ; he does n't come down on the side of being totally separate or of being totally indistinguishable in lifestyle — but you 'll have to read that for yourself .
9 Sheer orders of magnitude matter , and the orders of magnitude do not come down on the side of the real-balance effect .
10 But this what the act says on this particular point — it 's interesting to see because it really does come down on the side of integration .
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