Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] down the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to break down the father-role position doctors held , so the patients could feel more relaxed and see him almost as an equal . |
| 2 | So far he has tracked down the chemical 3-methyl-2-hexenoic acid . |
| 3 | Sir Jimmy Savile says he wants to close down the world-famous Spinal Injuries Unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital … but only because he 'd like the hospital to run out of patients . |
| 4 | The four men looked up as he came scrambling down the steep bank . |
| 5 | Sharpe spurred down to the crossroads , touched his hat to the old ladies who were staring with alarm at the two horsemen , then he turned to gaze down the long southwards road that led to Charleroi . |
| 6 | The congregation usually watched him with a perverse relish which he mistook for devout attention , but this Sunday afternoon there was palpably an added curiosity to see how well he managed to live down the shaming comedy he had enacted on horseback a few days before . |
| 7 | Remember that he says he then , in his fright at what he had done , went to peer at his victim , and found that he had struck down the wrong man . |
| 8 | ‘ So you are saying plainly , ’ said Earl Robert , attentive and still , ‘ that there were two murderers , at least in intent , and this wretched brother , once he knew he had struck down the wrong man , had no reason in the world to wish him further harm . ’ |
| 9 | Ian MacDonald and he had stripped down the old wreck and searched junk yards for spare parts . |
| 10 | He had run down the long corridors to the lounge and arrived just as the shuttle passengers were disembarking . |
| 11 | Manager Trevor Francis confirmed yesterday that he had turned down the huge offer from Toulon . |
| 12 | By 10.30 he had gone down the full length of the corridor that ran past his office and he had then spent two and a half hours in H3 's laboratory . |
| 13 | Five minutes later he had slithered down the sandy cliffs , a mug of tea slopping in each hand . |
| 14 | On Friday night after he had pulled down the blind Dan Salmon handed over five sovereigns to Charlie along with several wafers of matzos . |
| 15 | He hath put down the mighty from their seats and exalted them of low degree . |