Example sentences of "drops down [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mortars are shorter , heavier weapons than cannons , designed to lob an explosive shell high into the air so that it drops down on the target from the sky . |
| 2 | Jen grabs for the bottle and it drops down on the grass and rolls away , glug , gurgle . |
| 3 | From here it follows the route of the prehistoric Sewstern Lane and drops down to the Grantham Canal . |
| 4 | At the top the beetles have discovered the dead mouse ; they bury it by tunnelling beneath it and removing the earth from below so that it drops down into the excavation ; at the bottom as the mouse sinks down into the earth the beetles roll it into a ball ready for the reception of their eggs . |
| 5 | but it rolls along the gutter and it drops down through the grating of a drain . |
| 6 | A rod or tube , which drops down from the retainer on the kiteline , engages a spindle on the main frame and is locked by a wire split pin . |
| 7 | The road drops down from the col into the valley with an exhilarating suddenness and you are then in Arreau . |
| 8 | Only the white-chinned petrel makes an occasional sortie past or drops down in the tussac . |