Example sentences of "he [verb] [to-vb] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So this statement could be him trying to play down the incident … remember there were a few incidents where cuntona was reported to have stormed off to france . |
| 2 | When his father , frustrated after years as a POW , returned , he tried to lay down the law . |
| 3 | He yearned to gulp down the coffee that remained , he craved to ask for more . |
| 4 | When Mr Tomlinson had changed the train indicator board on the EMU for its return journey , he turned to look down the platform . |
| 5 | Even so , his discussion of the contradiction between progressive forces of production and reactionary elements in the relations of production arguably distinguishes between rock and the older ‘ bourgeois hit ’ too starkly , for he tends to play down the survival of older elements in rock production , form and performance , as well as neglecting divergences of social use and interpretation , and differences of content . |
| 6 | My thoughts this evening are much centred on Bishop Harris as he prepares to lay down the ministry which has been his for the past 14 years . |
| 7 | He shouted her name , but she only let him in after he threatened to kick down the door . |
| 8 | Ho 's voice was as sharp as Tina 's as , with sudden determination , he began to slither down the cold , wet , acrid-smelling earth . |
| 9 | When he had rolled a bundle together he began to take down the tent , grabbing at the guy ropes . |
| 10 | l here were about a dozen customers , mostly middle-aged men sitting alone reading Evening Standards who only troubled the barman to the extent that occasionally he had to turn down the corner of a page of his Stephen King paperback . |
| 11 | Some had children that are at an age where there might be a tendency towards vandalism , one of whom had been speedily dealt with by her when he attempted to slide down the oak bannister , kicking her as he went down . |