Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [verb] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Dean put down the watering can regretfully . |
| 2 | SECRET talks in London between the African National Congress and a group of liberal Afrikaners , including President FW de Klerk 's brother , ended yesterday with the ANC playing down the significance of the event and President de Klerk dissociating himself from it . |
| 3 | During the next three years , the Beagle sailed down the east coast of South America , rounded Cape Horn and came north again up the coast of Chile . |
| 4 | Desert Orchid will be leading The Thurlow Foxhounds down the course . |
| 5 | It was one in the morning when the DDA put down the phone and wiped his hands on his pyjamas . |
| 6 | The FA turned down the request and repeated its demand to see the Leeds City books . |
| 7 | This put me on to finals with the trim wound fully aft , and I was able to further check the aircraft 's inherent stability by moving hands and feet from the controls for several seconds — the Aircoupe continued down the slope as on rails ( there was little wind or turbulence ) before a gentle flare demonstrated another safety feature . |
| 8 | He took a shortcut through the Lion terraces to reach the Broad Walk down the zoo 's centre . |