Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [to-vb] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Magyars were a nomad people of the steppes , claiming kinship with those Huns who briefly occupied the Danubian basin in the fifth century and who helped finally to bring down the edifice of Roman power in the West . |
| 2 | The RCM tried hard to play down the issue , arguing that all those working for refugees would achieve most if they cooperated . |
| 3 | When the critical point was reached in mid-1941 , he acted quickly to turn down the heat . |
| 4 | This does not distinguish have from get , however , as the latter also implies effectual causation : ( 175 ) * Miriam now got Pengally to break down the gate , but he said he really could n't go that far , |
| 5 | The latter do not necessarily imply that the infinitive event actually occurs : ( 173 ) Miriam now ordered Pengally to break down the gate , but he said he really could n't go that far . |
| 6 | Then he set out to rappel down the cliff , jerk after jerk as his feet hit the rock . |
| 7 | He stood back to look down the line of her figure under the flimsy nightgown , his eyes caressing her as blatantly as if she had been naked . |