Example sentences of "he [verb] down the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he rode down the narrow goat-trails of the Khyber Pass , Battuta would have known that the Delhi Sultanate was violent frontier country , constantly in a state of war with the pagan Mongols to the north and the infidel Hindus to the south . |
| 2 | Over the wall , Frear had come in and was talking to one of the waiters as he wiped down the outside tables . |
| 3 | He played down the adverse conditions that had led to low lambing rates by pointing to the limit of 205,000 tonnes that could be sent to Europe under the voluntary restraint agreement . |
| 4 | After an impressive first year as a factory rider , Zeelenberg was in big demand but he turned down the lucrative offers without a moment 's hesitation . |
| 5 | He hunted down the Breton forces , executing all those who fell into his hands and organizing retaliatory raids on Geoffrey 's estates . |
| 6 | He lays down the only terms on which it is possible for him to take up residence with his people . |