Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] down a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 After all this time of wondering , when her instincts told her that he was in love with her yet he seemed to draw down a shutter between them so often , it seemed almost too good to be true .
2 ‘ The fire has been lit and allowed to die down a couple of times — and I once smelt the stuff . ’
3 She managed to hold down a job as a journalist with a local newspaper , but was finding it increasingly difficult to produce a reasonable standard of work when suffering from PMS , which was sometimes debilitating .
4 ‘ By murdering President Rene Muawad , his assassins chose to strike down a man of dialogue and reconciliation , ’ the secretary-general , Ms Catherine Lalumiere , said .
5 BOSNIA 'S UN commander General Philippe Morillon hoped to nail down a cease-fire between Serb , Moslem and Croat military chiefs today .
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