Example sentences of "and [v-ing] down the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heseltine faced the tactical dilemma that were he to campaign openly and be seen to be instrumental in splitting the party and bringing down the Prime Minister , he would be criticised as divisive and disloyal . |
| 2 | He was responding to Monday 's claim in the Belfast Irish News that at least three dozen officers were members of a secret ‘ inner circle ’ which had the objects of ‘ removing ’ republican suspects and bringing down the Anglo-Irish agreement . |
| 3 | An elderly Indian woman in a sari is closing up and bringing down the grated gate . |
| 4 | Tilting the head back , aiming accurately and pulling down the lower lid were other areas of difficulty . |
| 5 | singing We are happy , on Wednesday fourteenth of July , nineteen ninety three , on Trent F M and skipping down the yellow brick road of life with Deanna Carol and her Special kind of love . |
| 6 | It dawns on us that we are back at temporal beginnings and slipping down the evolutionary tree . |