Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] down [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Civil Service have conceded fewer goals than any other team in the division , and had Howell not taken the decision to stand down from the top flight , he could have been elevated to the Scottish senior international training squad this summer . |
| 2 | A jury found that Mr McCaffrey had forced open the doors of the lift and squeezed through a narrow 11in gap in a bid to jump down to the third floor landing . |
| 3 | What appears to be a mortar explosion close by causes the column to get down on the flooded ground . |
| 4 | Moving back to the bridge , she halted for a moment to stare down at the sluggish water , and the wavering reflection thrown back at her made her feel like weeping forever . |
| 5 | Mike Hall , the new Cardiff captain , takes the Bridgend cover on the outside to touch down during the 15–5 quarter-final win during the recent Worthington Welsh Sevens at Cardiff Arms Park . |
| 6 | They 've grown fat on gold , not the Garrimperos They 're a strong political lobby and would never allow business to close down over the little matter of mercury . |
| 7 | The main themes that Bukharin pursued were : ( 1 ) the need to cut down on the excessive unproductive consumption of the state bureaucracy ; and ( 2 ) the need to draw the widest possible strata of the people into the planning process and into controlling the state . |
| 8 | If Joe had not caught her , she would be there now , walking up the dale to look down on the sleeping cottage . |
| 9 | The violent hammering continued and Jenna crept out of bed to look down into the dark courtyard . |
| 10 | He had , as Dalgliesh knew , grudgingly respected Kate 's ability to look down at the butchered bodies in St Matthew 's vestry and not be sick , but he had n't liked her the better for it . |
| 11 | Generals , officers , non-commissioned officers , and men fought shoulder to shoulder down to the last shot . |
| 12 | ‘ The hotel bar was closed and we were all famished so it seemed like a good idea to trek down to the local ‘ pub ’ to search out a few sarnies , ’ says Gedge . |
| 13 | He leaned over the rail to peer down onto the lower deck . |
| 14 | Jane Pargeter said , nodding towards her open drinks cabinet , even before Blanche and Dexter had time to sit down on the black leather armchairs in her sitting-room . |
| 15 | Starting with a bank loan of £4,000 , Roddick had no time to sit down in the early years and draw up a grandiose mission of what her organisation should set out to achieve . |
| 16 | I fingered heavy silver and amber necklaces with starting prices of £200 but I did not have the patience or the energy to haggle down to the real price . |
| 17 | Reaching out , Vitor touched a honey-coloured strand of hair which had tumbled from her topknot to curl down over the exposed nape of her neck . |
| 18 | The paramount feature of pentatonic scales is the absence of semitones : This absence of semitones has two effects : there is no leading note to pull towards the tonic ; and no fourth degree note to gravitate down to the third . |
| 19 | Once a group of supporters has been generated , it is time to get down to the actual project work . |