Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [verb] down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the information is available , it shows that each modern nation is descended from a wide diversity of peoples , leaving aside all those who have joined or left down the years . |
| 2 | They 've come and put down the fairways and greens without regard for existing rights of way . |
| 3 | While training for preaching has happily improved since the Council , other factors have sadly hampered and slowed down the work of theological re-education . |
| 4 | The following graph gives a general idea of how quickly the real value of those customers ' accounts erode if they are not collected and slip down the scale to customer 5 . |
| 5 | Each girlfriend is blindfolded and led down the line , burying her nose in the chest of each man — who must keep quiet — and taking a sniff . |
| 6 | ‘ We have a small headquarters [ just Mr D'Silva and a finance director ] and management responsibility is decentralised and pushed down the line . ’ |
| 7 | What we 're actually doing is checking the firing pin is n't broken and looking down the barrel to make sure it 's not blocked and is properly oiled . |
| 8 | No discussion of tribunals can ignore the impact of the Report of the Franks Committee , which is still viewed as laying down the ground rules for the operation of tribunals . |
| 9 | The filter bed arrangement for reverse-flow is exactly the same as the downflow method , but the direction of water is reversed and pumped down the uplifts and up through the various media . |
| 10 | The National Executive Committee was warned that watering down the party 's commitment to sexual equality in the policy review , out of a fear of losing votes , could backfire . |
| 11 | A group of people was being alternately shoved and pulled down the roadway , the shafts of Sellsword spears hastening them on their way . |