Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it down [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Complete Works is , in some ways , easier to use and incorporates some nice ideas , but the problems I had trying to link charts , table and spreadsheets together let it down in the end . |
2 | I felt disinclined actually to hand to him the piece of paper I was holding , and so put it down on the end of his bed . |
3 | After the third ‘ Carry On ’ , the cast had been offered a profit-sharing scheme — and had all turned it down on the advice of their agents , who thought they would be better off getting increased salaries . |
4 | I can only put it down to the strong classical emphasis which prevails in the courses offered in the UK , although many of the university drama courses in the USA do stage Shakespeare and the European classical authors . |
5 | So taken it down to the tills at the front , cos they move quicker |
6 | Just put it down on the side there . |
7 | ‘ I was very lethargic but I just put it down to the first months of my pregnancy . |
8 | And the first was a twelve volt but then we came to a hundred and ten so I just strung it down along the two top wires of the fence and they were live and oh there were about six or nine hen houses attached to the fence with those wires for electricity . |
9 | No , because er I always put it down to the fact that most of our takings were in coin , it was very seldom that you had a pound note , you possibly had a ten pound note in those days but most of it was coinage and the cash when it was married up , was put into steel bound wooden boxes . |
10 | Boy stood outside the window and imagined the things he might see inside this magazine , should he ever take it down off the high shelf and open it , perhaps in the privacy of his room or perhaps right there on the street at five o'clock . |
11 | I 'd always put it down to the studio lights . |
12 | ‘ A three piece really boils it down to the core , ’ muses Bob . |
13 | She bought a pine table from a junk shop and slowly sandpapered it down in the garden , and then sealed it , something she 'd never done before , never even thought of doing before . |
14 | Well put it down on the table for a minute then . |
15 | Lee took Philippa 's hand from her face and held it to her mouth , then placed it down on the bedcover . |
16 | There 's Black Gemmell Pearce bit long to Rozario good ball that , oh he almost chested it down into the path of Stone . |
17 | He reached into the drawer beneath the table and drew out the transparent template , then laid it down over the shaded area . |
18 | He sipped at his wine again , then put it down on the arm of his chair and , keeping a finger and thumb on the stem , twisted it one way , then the other . |
19 | I looked at it accusingly , then put it down in the cradle . |
20 | A wave caught the mast , lifting it high and then slamming it down on the cabin roof . |
21 | Haul it back up , then chuck it down on the deck |
22 | Then you 'd quarter it , quarter it off , you see , then carry it down to the shop so as you had some beef in the shop on show in four quarters . |
23 | I told her this , and then wrote it down on the assessment sheet . |