Example sentences of "[vb -s] down [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sits down in a quiet room , provided at public expense , and begins to lecture a man who is shortly to be found dying by the dustbins . |
| 2 | but looks down on the unchanged saffron flowers |
| 3 | From a height of 90 metres one looks down on an emerging pattern of roads , lakes and gardens , which will shortly be lined with pavilions from over a hundred countries . |
| 4 | These vines overlook a small north-south running valley , on the other side of which a 170-metre high spur of vines drops down to the northwestern edge of the village . |
| 5 | He glances down at the final layer of glasses . |
| 6 | Finally , let us rekindle that vision in Isaiah 11 where the lion does not eat the lamb but lies down in a symbiotic relationship with it . |
| 7 | There are arguments in favour of analysing costs down to the individual patient . |
| 8 | there is a continuing struggle between accurate reflections on the distant surface of the river and increasingly rich golden browns as the eye sees down through the clear water in the foreground . |
| 9 | These plate margins are of three types : ( 1 ) divergent , where crustal material moves apart , under the oceans by a process known as sea-floor spreading ; ( 2 ) convergent , where one plate plunges down into the underlying mantle ( also known as subduction zones ) ; ( 3 ) transform faults , where one plate slides laterally with respect to its neighbour , crust being here neither created ( 1 ) nor destroyed ( 2 ) ( Fig. 18.1 ) . |
| 10 | Besides that , it leads down through the main generator rooms below . |
| 11 | There 's a swimming pool and sauna , and a path leads down to a private lakeside beach , and being a castle style hotel , there 's plenty of style . |
| 12 | Opposite a café and shop , a tall , sparse wood leads down to a dramatic view of the Falls , a cataract powerful enough to feed a local hydro-electricity station . |
| 13 | From near Alport Low , Hern Clough leads down to the tranquil hollow of Grains in the Water , a magical spot in a wide bowl of surrounding hills . |
| 14 | The path traverses round this peak and leads down to the Old Church of Martindale ( 2.5 miles ) . |
| 15 | So competition for markets from the cheaper products made on newly installed machinery would hold price increases down to the existing rate . |
| 16 | It has a history that goes back to Morgan and Drake , a history of piracy and corruption that reaches down to the present day . |
| 17 | Because the heart is the seat of all our emotions , affections and willpower , this means that the impact of being blessed by God eventually reaches down to the very core of our persons . |
| 18 | A tattooed arm reaches down from the high cab — lovely , real arm , wonderful words ! — and I scale the high steps to sit with my feet on a coil of rope . |
| 19 | The garden slopes down to a peaceful mill stream . |
| 20 | He fills it up , and cooks for himself , and when it gets down to a certain level then he thinks , ‘ now I might do a concert ’ . |
| 21 | As tread depth gets down to a certain level , the efficiency of the tyre reduces . |
| 22 | The south side of the cut dips down into a beautiful hollow of vines , all but the lowest locations being ideally situated . |
| 23 | Along one of its sides the swastika meander breaks down into a confused key pattern . |
| 24 | Manure : Cow or horse manure can be composted and breaks down into an inoffensive material that is used as a compost base by a number of manufacturers . |
| 25 | The South African sun burns down from a cloudless sky . |
| 26 | Well he jumps down into the fucking lift shaft and he slipped on i oh eh well you fucking bastard you ! |
| 27 | It all boils down to a simple equation : |
| 28 | In fact , as we have seen , it boils down to a moral evaluation of differentiation ( rather than a ‘ scientific ’ finding ) : the differences that distinguish criminals are things that are deemed to have ‘ gone wrong ’ with their biology , psyche or values . |
| 29 | It boils down to a sharp retraction in the Plains economy . |
| 30 | The biggest influence on this behaviour has probably been the large increase in wealth , which in turn boils down to the sharp rise in house prices . |