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Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] down the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I feel somewhat like a Saint Bernard as I track down the American conductor John Nelson by telephone across the Alps .
2	I fought down the ghastly urge coming up from my stomach .
3	I gulp down the orange drink and order another one .
4	At many revolutions per second I came down the green slide into Brixton and beyond .
5	I put down the empty can .
6	I walk down the real staircase , but I know , like Lot 's wife knew , that everything is crumbling to a smoke screen behind me , the urge to look back slaps at my face , but there has been enough powder to nothing in my life .
7	I walk down the broadest thoroughfare on the island , that which leads to the harbour .
8	I walk down the steep flight of stairs .
9	As I strolled down the next fairway and skirted a mass of heather which cut into the fairway on the angle of the dogleg , I wondered how my boss , Jack Mason , would fare in the tournament .
10	Most of my friends collapsed thankfully on to their beds , but I slunk down the long flights of stone stairs and took up a position in the foyer where I could watch the front door .
11	I run down the spiral staircase and along the empty corridor .
12	I rushed down the dark passage to the lavatory with both hands at my face .
13	I walked down the first fairway in a relaxed and peaceful mood , despite my early departure from my bed .
14	When I drive down the same street in my Ferrari they extend a finger . ’
15	I looked down the other scores and confirmed that Jack was in about twentieth place , so he would need a very special round today to force his way back among the leaders .
16	Behold how I lay down the great weight of sorrow I have carried with me so long .
17	I sang down the Bottom Club , so when I went down the next week the manager said I 've just been waiting for you , I 've been waiting for you to come in he said so he said , look the group ca n't come he said , will you sing ?
18	There was a lot of undergrowth to be cleared so Stephen and I went down the following Saturday ( 17/10/92 ) to cut down and burn the weeds .
19	I went down the wrong route with the referrals and
20	So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship .
21	She said well it 's too late now , the the clear one 's full so we just anyway , went I went down the next day there 's a new one or , next time , there 's a new one down there so they , they must obviously think , well put them all in together .
22	I sang down the Bottom Club , so when I went down the next week the manager said I 've just been waiting for you , I 've been waiting for you to come in he said so he said , look the group ca n't come he said , will you sing ?
23	Yeah , yeah , like I come down the other week and I
24	I ran down the next flight of stairs and knocked on Mavis 's door .
25	Instead of returning by the old fence , however , ( which looked much worse from the top ) , I continued down the main ridge until the final spur , but this was just as steep .
26	This time there was no mistake : I wrote down the genetic formula , and now I can " evolve " insects whenever I want .
27	For the second period of ten years again I discount down the full agency rates , totalling fifty nine thousand four hundred and twenty one pounds and ninety six pence year yearly , to the sum of forty thousand pounds annually and to apply a multiplier of six , producing the figure of two hundred and forty thousand pounds for the second period .
28	Will ye put down the fucking poker ? ’
29	If you ignore the rule which tells you to drive down the left- hand side of the road in Britain you may crash your car .
30	Resting her head wearily against the hard banister rail , she fought down the momentary surge of panic .