Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] down [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , the computer goes down for a hour , it 's three-quarters of the day to get everything back and validated , and that 's a major interruption . |
| 2 | And the prince goes down through the wood to another exit |
| 3 | Now , suddenly , a jay looks down from a hiding place in a lichened oak and slips away without breaking the silence : stealthy , cunning , typical of the inveterate egg thief . |
| 4 | A seven-spot ladybird bears down on a group of hapless aphids |
| 5 | Ensure that no masonry falls down into the cavity , where it could interfere with the wall ties . |
| 6 | Keeping the index record size down is helpful because if the inverted indexes are small they can be held in main storage , and so cut search times down to a minimum . |
| 7 | On the other hand , it conveys God 's presence because light shines down upon the world and illuminates everything within it . |
| 8 | McDunn 's mouth twists down at the edges ; he sucks through his teeth , and for some reason I feel encouraged . |
| 9 | The python runs down like a spring , |
| 10 | When that white light comes down at the end |
| 11 | A girl sits down with a man and he says , ‘ I 'm very romantic ’ — that 's advertising . |
| 12 | A girl sits down with a man and he says , ‘ What you need is a good romance and it so happens I 'm very romantic ’ — that 's marketing . |
| 13 | A girl sits down with a man and she says , ‘ I hear you 're very romantic , please take me to dinner ’ — that 's Public Relations ! |
| 14 | A quaint old-world village slopes down to the water , over green downs , quarried like some gigantic rabbit burrow , with the stone workings of seven hundred years ’ . |
| 15 | As dialogue continues down on the floor the Inlay Operator prepares for the first of his ‘ big moments ’ ; the establishing shot of the city as seen by the time-travellers . |
| 16 | The south east ridge leads down into a bowl of porridge-like peat , so I bore off eastwards , still rough enough , into the paring wind , crossing the Allt an t-Strathain Mhoir high up to drop down to the church . |
| 17 | The ‘ mouthpiece ’ and the ‘ horn ’ of the trumpet are both open , and a coil hangs down from the middle . |
| 18 | Firms would invite favoured clients or business associates down for a day at Sandwich , either as a reward for past favours rendered or in the hope that the goodwill created would lubricate some future deal . |
| 19 | Sock Shop shuts down in the US . |
| 20 | The difference boils down to the fact that the Member of Parliament in Britain is expected by all concerned — his leaders , whips and colleagues to owe his primary loyalty to the party . |
| 21 | At the top the beetles have discovered the dead mouse ; they bury it by tunnelling beneath it and removing the earth from below so that it drops down into the excavation ; at the bottom as the mouse sinks down into the earth the beetles roll it into a ball ready for the reception of their eggs . |
| 22 | But the escarpments are fixed and here , where a stream tumbles down onto the plain , is the site of Claudia 's camp . |
| 23 | By the time the two week World Film Festival winds down at the beginning of September most of the cinephiles standing in the long queues at the box office have no idea what they 're waiting for ; they 'll watch anything that moves . |
| 24 | A stream comes down on the east side and disappears into a cave entrance admitting to a passage below the track where , on the west side , it is joined underground from an alternative pothole entrance . |
| 25 | Another half-hour 's walking brought me to Cow Dub where a stream thunders down from a lip of flowstone , crashing through a narrow tubular cavern to scour out a perfectly formed round pool below . |
| 26 | And with that the curtain comes down on the Gospel . |
| 27 | If you do not have a computer or you are daunted by them ( or your computer breaks down within a week of your arrival in a remote village ) you will obviously have more papers to keep track of . |
| 28 | So long as someone knows you 're down there and comes to dig you out , then a basement 's always best , even if the rest goes down like a pack of cards . ’ |
| 29 | Your name goes down into the future as Mary Shelley . ’ |
| 30 | A wall goes down from the road straight as a die to Ease Gill and a walk alongside leads in a few minutes to a small hole in the ground that opens into lengthy passages below : this is Short Drop Cave . |